The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes79%
50 audience votes
Key crew
- King VidorDirector
- King VidorWriter
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Karen MorleyMary Sims
- Tom KeeneJohn Sims
- Barbara PepperSally
- Addison RichardsLouie
- John QualenChris (as John T. Qualen)
- Lloyd IngrahamUncle Anthony
- Sidney BraceyRent Collector
- Henry HallFrank - the Carpenter
- Nellie V. NicholsMrs. Cohen (as Nellie Nichols)
- Frank MinorPlumber
- Bud RaeStonemason
- Harry BrownLittle Man
Stills
Themes
droughtfarming