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The Grapes of Wrath
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Oklahoma in the Thirties is a dustbowl and dispossessed farmers migrate westward to California. After terrible trials en route they become little more than slave labor. Among the throng are the Joads who refuse to knuckle under. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

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 Uncles farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully. Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>

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After serving four years in prison for killing a man, hotheaded Tom Joad ( ) heads back to the family farm in Oklahoma... See more (warning! contains spoilers) »

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