The Grapes of Wrath

Year: 1991

Runtime: 142 mins

Language: English

Director: Kirk Browning

Drama

Steppenwolf presents a stage adaptation of Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath with the Broadway cast. After losing their farm, the Joads load their few belongings onto a truck and head west to California for work. Ma Joad strives to keep the family together, while Tom confronts death, only to have their hopes shattered by reality of Depression.

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