The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

THE GRAPES OF WRATH  (1940)  ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: John Ford
    Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine,
    Charley Grapewin, Dorris Bowdon, Russell Simpson,
    John Qualen, Eddie Quillen, Darryl Hickman,
    Ward Bond, Charles Middleton, Mae Marsh
John Steinbeck's epic story about a family of Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl for the promise of a better life in California, brought to the screen by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda as proletarian hero Tom Joad. Movies don't get much more American than that.