John Ford- The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

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THE GRAPES OF WRATH

DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
PRODUCED BY DARRYL. F. ZANUCK
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX

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Plot Summary
Set in the Thirties, Oklahoma is a dustbowl.
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence
to find his family kicked out of their farm due to forecloseure.
He catches up with them on his Uncles farm,
and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life.
After terrible trials en route they become little more than slave labor.
However Tom and his family refuse to knuckle under.
Based on the John Steinbeck novel.
Written by ethanedwards

Full Cast
Henry Fonda ... Tom Joad
Jane Darwell ... Ma Joad
John Carradine ... Casy
Charley Grapewin ... Grandpa
Dorris Bowdon ... Rose of Sharon
Russell Simpson ... Pa Joad
O.Z. Whitehead ... Al
John Qualen ... Muley
Eddie Quillan ... Connie
Zeffie Tilbury ... Grandma
Frank Sully ... Noah
Frank Darien ... Uncle John
Darryl Hickman ... Winfield
Shirley Mills ... Ruth Joad
Roger Imhof ... Thomas
Grant Mitchell ... Caretaker
Charles D. Brown ... Wilkie
John Arledge ... Davis
Ward Bond ... Policeman
Harry Tyler ... Bert
William Pawley ... Bill
Charles Tannen ... Joe
Selmer Jackson ... Inspection Officer (as Selmar Jackson)
Charles Middleton ... Leader
Eddy Waller ... Proprietor (as Eddie Waller)
Paul Guilfoyle ... Floyd
David Hughes ... Frank
Cliff Clark ... City Man
Joe Sawyer ... Bookkeeper (as Joseph Sawyer)
Frank Faylen ... Tim
Adrian Morris ... Agent
Hollis Jewell ... Muley's Son
Robert Homans ... Spencer
Irving Bacon ... Driver
Kitty McHugh ... Mae
Leon Brace ... Migrant
Henry Brahe ... Migrant
Scotty Brown ... Migrant
Cal Cohen ... Migrant
Cecil Cook ... Migrant
Helen Dean ... Migrant
Billy Elmer ... Migrant
Sidney Hayes ... Migrant
E.J. Kaspar ... Migrant
L.F. O'Connor ... Migrant
Walton Pindon ... Migrant
Wally Albright ... Boy who bragged of eating chicken (uncredited)
Erville Alderson ... Arkansas storekeeper (uncredited)
Josephine Allen ... Migrant (uncredited)
Frank Atkinson ... Migrant (uncredited)
Arthur Aylesworth ... Father (uncredited)
Trevor Bardette ... Jule, bouncer at dance (uncredited)
John Binns ... Migrant (uncredited)
Joe Bordeaux ... Migrant (uncredited)
George P. Breakston ... Boy (uncredited)
Buster Brodie ... Migrant (uncredited)
Hal Budlong ... Migrant (uncredited)
Nora Bush ... Migrant (uncredited)
Russ Clark ... Guard (uncredited)
Shirley Coates ... Girl in migrant camp (uncredited)
Harry Cording ... Deputy (uncredited)
Jim Corey ... Buck Jackson, witness at dance (uncredited)
Gino Corrado ... Chef (uncredited)
Delmar Costello ... Migrant (uncredited)
Jane Crowley ... Migrant (uncredited)
W.H. Davis ... Migrant (uncredited)
John Dilson ... Bookseller (uncredited)
Lillian Drew ... Migrant (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn ... Deputy (uncredited)
Thornton Edwards ... Motorcycle cop (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty ... Deputy (uncredited)
James Flavin ... Guard (uncredited)
Francis Ford ... (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
Emily Gerdes ... Migrant (uncredited)
Tyler Gibson ... Migrant (uncredited)
Barney Gilmore ... Migrant (uncredited)
William Haade ... Deputy with shotgun (uncredited)
Ben Hall ... Gas station attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited)
Dean Hall ... Migrant (uncredited)
Edna Hall ... Migrant (uncredited)
Cliff Herbert ... Migrant (uncredited)
Charles Herzinger ... Migrant (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood ... Gas station attendant (uncredited)
Harry Holden ... Migrant (uncredited)
David Kirkland ... Migrant (uncredited)
Rex Lease ... Cop (uncredited)
Hazel Lollier ... Migrant (uncredited)
Mae Marsh ... Muley's wife (uncredited)
Louis Mason ... Man in camp (uncredited)
Harry Matthews ... Migrant (uncredited)
Scotty Mattraw ... Migrant (uncredited)
Walter McGrail ... Gang leader (uncredited)
Jules Michelson ... Migrant (uncredited)
Walter Miller ... New Mexico border guard (uncredited)
Philip Morris ... Guard (uncredited)
Frank Newburg ... Migrant (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor ... Deputy #1 (uncredited)
George O'Hara ... Clerk (uncredited)
Ted Oliver ... State policeman (uncredited)
Inez Palange ... Woman in camp (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton ... Gas station attendant #2 in Needles (uncredited)
Jack Pennick ... Camp helper (uncredited)
Walter Perry ... Migrant (uncredited)
Rose Plumer ... Migrant (uncredited)
Chauncey Pyle ... Migrant (uncredited)
Bob Reeves ... Deputy (uncredited)
Gladys Rehfeld ... Migrant (uncredited)
Waclaw Rekwart ... Migrant (uncredited)
Dick Rich ... Keene Ranch guard (uncredited)
Gloria Roy ... Waitress (uncredited)
Peggy Ryan ... Hungry girl (uncredited)
Robert Shaw ... Gas station attendant #1 in Needles (uncredited)
Lee Shumway ... Deputy (uncredited)
Georgia Simmons ... Woman (uncredited)
C.B. Steele ... Migrant (uncredited)
Al Stewart ... Migrant (uncredited)
Harry Strang ... Fred, trucker #2 at diner (uncredited)
Paul Sutton ... Deputy (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook ... Deputy / Troublemaker (uncredited)
Charles Thurston ... Migrant (uncredited)
D.H. Turner ... Migrant (uncredited)
Tom Tyler ... Deputy handcuffing Casy (uncredited)
Pearl Varvalle ... Migrant (uncredited)
Eleanore Vogel ... Migrant (uncredited)
Max Wagner ... Guard (uncredited)
Harry Wallace ... Migrant (uncredited)
John Wallace ... Migrant (uncredited)
Glen Walters ... Woman who gets shot (uncredited)
Jack Walters ... Migrant (uncredited)
Frank Watson ... Migrant (uncredited)
Jim Welch ... Migrant (uncredited)
Charles West ... Migrant (uncredited)
Dan White ... Poor man walking with woman in transient camp (uncredited)
Norman Willis ... Joe, shot at Floyd (uncredited)
Bill Wolfe ... Square-dance caller (uncredited)
Bill Worth ... Migrant (uncredited)
Darryl F. Zanuck ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Assistant Director
Wingate Smith .... (uncredited)


Writing Credits
Nunnally Johnson (screenplay)
John Steinbeck (novel "The Grapes of Wrath")

Cinematography
Gregg Toland

Music Department
Alfred Newman .... musical director
Danny Borzage .... musician: accordion (uncredited)

Filming Locations
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA (studio)
Arizona, USA
Backlot, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
California, USA
Canejo Ranch, California, USA ("Keene Ranch")
Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Daggett, California, USA (second unit)
Gallup, New Mexico, USA
Irvine Ranch, Tustin, California, USA
Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, USA
Lamont, California, USA (Weedpatch Migrant Camp)
Lasky Mesa, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA (Joad and Graves farms)
Los Angeles, California, USA
McAlester, Oklahoma, USA(2nd unit)
Needles, California, USA(River bathing, "Welcome To Needles" sign, and Carty's Camp.)
New Mexico, USA
Oklahoma, USA
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA
San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA
Santa Rosa, New Mexico, USA(service station, diner, bridge, train sequence)
Sayre, Oklahoma, USA (Courthouse)
Tehachapi, California, USA (second unit)
Topock, Arizona, USA (bridge crossing into California)