Events › Friday Films: The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

John Ford's powerful adaptation of the John Steinbeck classic about a destitute farm family migrating from Dust Bowl Oklahoma to "the promised land," California, during the Great Depression. Henry Fonda stars and Jane Darwell won a Supporting Actress Oscar as Ma Joad, the soft-spoken, determined matriarch of the clan. Ford won for his directing.

Directed by: John Ford

Starring: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Dorris Bowdon, Charley Grapewin

Runtime: 2 h 9 min. 

Rated: TV-PG

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