Movie · 1940
The Grapes of Wrath
“The Joads step right out of the pages of the novel that has shocked millions!”
Released 15 March 1940 129 min Drama More from 1940 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Zeffie Tilbury
as Grandma Joad
Charley Grapewin
as Grandpa Joad
Grant Mitchell
as Caretaker
Roger Imhof
as Thomas
Frank Darien
as Uncle John
Jane Darwell
as Ma Joad
Russell Simpson
as Pa Joad
Francis Ford
as Migrant (uncredited)
Arthur Aylesworth
as Father (uncredited)
Cliff Clark
as City Man
Harry Cording
as Deputy (uncredited)
Walter Miller
as New Mexico Border Guard (uncredited)
John Qualen
as Muley Graves
Tom Tyler
as Deputy Handcuffing Casy (uncredited)
Henry Fonda
as Tom Joad
John Carradine
as Casy
Frank Faylen
as Tim
Eddie Quillan
as Connie Rivers
Frank Sully
as Noah
Dan White
as Poor Man Walking with Woman in Transient Camp (uncredited)
O.Z. Whitehead
as Al Joad
Dorris Bowdon
as Rosasharn
Shirley Mills
as Ruth Joad
Darryl Hickman
as Winfield
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The numbers
68years between the oldest and youngest billed
76Zeffie Tilbury — oldest on the call sheet
8Darryl Hickman — youngest billed
44average age of the credited cast