The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Overview
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $800,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $1,591,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 11.448 |
Directed By
John Ford
Crew
John Ford
Nunnally Johnson
Darryl F. Zanuck
Alfred Newman
Gregg Toland
Robert L. Simpson
Richard Day
Mark-Lee Kirk
Thomas Little
Gwen Wakeling
Roger Heman Sr.
George Leverett
Edmund H. Hansen
Robert Parrish
Nunnally Johnson
Charles Gemora
Gustaf Norin
Ralph Dietrich
Otto Brower
Edward O'Fearna
Wingate Smith
Vic Jones
Bert Shipman
Cliff Shirpser
Sam Benson
Bill McLellan
William Sittel
Bernard McEveety
John Steinbeck
TOP CAST
Henry Fonda
Tom Joad
Jane Darwell
Ma Joad
John Carradine
Casy
Charley Grapewin
Grandpa Joad
Dorris Bowdon
Rosasharn
Russell Simpson
Pa Joad
O.Z. Whitehead
Al Joad
John Qualen
Muley Graves
Eddie Quillan
Connie Rivers
Zeffie Tilbury
Grandma Joad
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
Harry Tyler
Bert
William Pawley
Bill
Charles Tannen
Joe
Selmer Jackson
Inspection Officer
Charles Middleton
Leader
Eddy Waller
Proprietor
Paul Guilfoyle
Floyd
David Hughes
Frank
Cliff Clark
City Man
Joe Sawyer
Bookkeeper
Frank Faylen
Tim
Adrian Morris
Agent
Hollis Jewell
Muley's Son
Robert Homans
Spencer
Irving Bacon
Driver
Kitty McHugh
Mae
Gino Corrado
Chef (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Deputy (uncredited)
Francis Ford
(uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Herbert Heywood
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Muley's Wife (uncredited)
Dan White
Poor Man Walking with Woman in Transient Camp (uncredited)
Wally Albright
Boy Who Bragged of Eating Chicken (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
Arkansas Storekeeper (uncredited)
Robert J. Anderson
Hungry Boy (uncredited)
Arthur Aylesworth
Father (uncredited)
Trevor Bardette
Jule - Bouncer at Dance (uncredited)
Joe Bordeaux
Migrant (uncredited)
George P. Breakston
Boy (uncredited)
Buster Brodie
Migrant (uncredited)
Delmar Costello
Migrant (uncredited)
W.H. Davis
Migrant (uncredited)
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