Two itinerant migrant workers, one mentally disabled and the other his carer, take jobs as ranch hands during the Great Depression to fulfill their shared dream of owning their own ranch.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Burgess Meredith | ... | George Milton | |
| Betty Field | ... | Mae Jackson | |
| Lon Chaney Jr. | ... | Lennie Small | |
| Charles Bickford | ... | Slim | |
| Roman Bohnen | ... | Candy | |
| Bob Steele | ... | Curley Jackson | |
| Noah Beery Jr. | ... | Whit | |
| Oscar O'Shea | ... | Jackson | |
| Granville Bates | ... | Carlson | |
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Leigh Whipper | ... | Crooks |
| Helen Lynd | ... | Susie | |
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George Milton and Lennie Small are migrant workers in the 1930s Depression. Lennie is mentally disabled and George looks after him. While working as hands on a Western ranch, they dream of owning their own ranch and the opportunity may be available. Their current ranch is owned by a sadistic man who has a flirtatious wife. Written by dstern1
Plot Keywords:
migrant worker | mercy killing | friendship | mental retardation | male male relationship |Taglines:
JOHN STEINBECK'S SENSATION! (original print ad - all caps) See more »Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
12 January 1940 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
La fuerza bruta See more »Filming Locations:
Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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The movie was produced by Hal Roach, producer of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and "Our Gang" comedies. During one of Roach's last interviews, television talk-show host Tom Snyder complimented him on the film. Roach responded, "It could've used more laughs." See more »Goofs
When bedding down for the night at the river, George's hands change position. See more »Quotes
George Milton: It ain't your fault, but look, if a fella steps on a round pebble and he falls down, breaks his neck, it ain't the pebble's fault, but the guy wouldn't a done it if the pebble hadn't been there.See more »
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The movie begins before the credits are shown. George and Lennie are fleeing a mob. They board a boxcar on a moving train, and as they close the door of the boxcar we see the main title already written on the door of the boxcar. See more »Contribute to This Page
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OF MICE AND MEN (1939) **** Burgess Meredith and Lon Chaney Jr. embody John Steinbeck's tragic migrant workers George and Lennie during The Great Depression facing all the hard work and hard knocks life offers in their pursuit of The American Dream of `livin' off the fatta the lan' and wind up on a ranch with its share of down on their luck characters all enclaved to certain destinies and a heavy fall for our protagonists. Chaney (in his second icon role, the latter would be as the accursed Larry Talbott aka The WolfMan) personifies the gentle souled giant with a dim bulb who obeys his best friend George like a loyal dog and as his brother's keeper, Meredith allows his scrappiness a warmth underneath. Lennie Smalls would be endlessly used as a punchline in Looney Tunes toons to come (`which way did he go George!') and the film would be updated twice - one a tv movie with Robert Blake and Randy Quaid and a theatrical 90s version with Gary Sinise and John Malkovich. This classic was also produced by famed studio maven Hal Roach.