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.
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
Ward Bond
Policeman
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
Migrant (uncredited)
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
Willie (uncredited)
Buster Brodie
Migrant (uncredited)
Delmar Costello
Migrant (uncredited)
W.H. Davis
Migrant (uncredited)
Emily Gerdes
Migrant (uncredited)
Barney Gilmore
Migrant (uncredited)
Edna Hall
Migrant (uncredited)
Charles Herzinger
Migrant (uncredited)
Harry Holden
Migrant (uncredited)
David Kirkland
Migrant (uncredited)
Lillian Lawrence
Migrant (uncredited)
Scotty Mattraw
Migrant (uncredited)
Frank Newburg
Migrant (uncredited)
Walter Perry
Migrant (uncredited)
Rose Plumer
Migrant (uncredited)
Al Stewart
Migrant (uncredited)
Charles Thurston
Migrant (uncredited)
D.H. Turner
Migrant (uncredited)
John Wallace
Peg-Leg Migrant (uncredited)
Charles West
Migrant (uncredited)
Russ Clark
Guard (uncredited)
James Flavin
Guard (uncredited)
Philip Morris
Guard (uncredited)
Max Wagner
Guard (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Deputy (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
Deputy (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
Deputy (uncredited)
Lee Shumway
Deputy (uncredited)
Paul Sutton
Deputy (uncredited)
William Haade
Deputy with shogun (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Deputy #1 (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Deputy / Troublemaker (uncredited)
Tom Tyler
Deputy Handcuffing Casy (uncredited)
Thornton Edwards
Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Rex Lease
Cop (uncredited)
Ben Hall
Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited)
Louis Mason
Man in Camp (uncredited)
Walter McGrail
Gang Leader (uncredited)
Walter Miller
New Mexico Border Guard (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)
Robert Shaw
Gas Station Attendant #1 in Needles (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Camp Helper (uncredited)
Dick Rich
Keene Ranch Guard (uncredited)
Gloria Roy
Waitress (uncredited)
Peggy Ryan
Hungry Girl (uncredited)
Georgia Simmons
Woman (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Fred - Trucker #2 at Diner (uncredited)
Glen Walters
Woman Who Gets Shot (uncredited)
Norman Willis
Joe - Shot at Floyd (uncredited)
Bill Wolfe
Square-Dance Caller (uncredited)
Waclaw Rekwart
Migrant (uncredited)
Josephine Allen
Migrant (uncredited)
John Binns
Migrant (uncredited)
Leon Brace
Migrant (uncredited)
Henry Brahe
Migrant (uncredited)
Scotty Brown
Migrant (uncredited)
Hal Budlong
Migrant (uncredited)
Nora Bush
Migrant (uncredited)
Shirley Coates
Girl in Migrant Camp (uncredited)
Cal Cohen
Migrant (uncredited)
Cecil Cook
Migrant (uncredited)
Jim Corey
Buck Jackson - Witness at Dance (uncredited)
Jane Crowley
Migrant (uncredited)
Helen Dean
Migrant (uncredited)
John Dilson
Bookseller (uncredited)
Lillian Drew
Migrant (uncredited)
Frank Atkinson
Migrant (uncredited)
Tex Cooper
Migrant (uncredited)
Billy Elmer
Migrant (uncredited)
William Gillis
Migrant (uncredited)
Don Hawks
Migrant (uncredited)
Jules Michelson
Migrant (uncredited)
Richard Neill
Migrant (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Deputy (uncredited)
Spencer Quinn
Boy (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Deputy (uncredited)
William Sundholm
Migrant (uncredited)
Pearl Varvalle
Migrant (uncredited)
Eleanore Vogel
Migrant (uncredited)
Harry Wallace
Migrant (uncredited)
Jack Walters
Migrant (uncredited)
Jim Welch
Migrant (uncredited)
Bill Worth
Migrant (uncredited)
Crew
John Ford
Director
Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay, Associate Producer
John Steinbeck
Novel
Robert L. Simpson
Editor
Mary Crumley
Assistant Editor
Jack Wells
Assistant Editor
Gregg Toland
Director of Photography
Edward O'Fearna
Assistant Director
Wingate Smith
Assistant Director
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Bert Shipman
Camera Operator
Lou Kunkel
Camera Operator
Eddie Garvin
Assistant Camera
Paul Garnett
Assistant Camera
Cliff Shirpser
Assistant Camera
Harry Kernell
Wardrobe Master
Josephine Perrin
Wardrobe Master
Sam Benson
Wardrobe Supervisor
Gwen Wakeling
Costume Design
Myrtle Ford
Hairstylist
Gustaf Norin
Makeup Department Head
Charles Gemora
Makeup Artist
Otto Brower
Second Unit Director
Charles G. Clarke
Second Unit Director of Photography
Robert Parrish
Sound Effects Editor, Negative Cutter
George Leverett
Sound Mixer
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Edmund H. Hansen
Sound
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer, Music Director
Danny Borzage
Musician
Louis Kaufman
Musician
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Ed Jones
Props
Emmett Schoenbaum
Still Photographer
Meta Stern
Script Supervisor
Richard Farnsworth
Stunts
William Sittel
Assistant Property Master
Andy Kisch
Assistant Property Master
Ralph Hoge
Grip
Vic Jones
Gaffer
Bill McLellan
Gaffer
Ralph Dietrich
Production Manager
Bernard McEveety
Unit Manager
Mark-Lee Kirk
Art Direction
Richard Day
Art Direction
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