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The Grapes Of Wrath (1940) FR #419 | Movie | Drama, History | USA | English
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Director John Ford
Writer Nunnally Johnson, John Steinbeck
Cast Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine
Plot An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
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East Of Eden (1955) FR #1394 | Movie | Drama | USA | English
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Director Elia Kazan
Writer John Steinbeck, Paul Osborn
Cast James Dean, Raymond Massey, Julie Harris
Plot Two brothers in 1910s California struggle to maintain the favor of their affectionate but strict, Bible-toting father as an old secret about their long-absent mother comes to light.
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Lifeboat (1944) FR #1706 | Movie | War, Drama | USA | English, French
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Director Alfred Hitchcock
Writer John Steinbeck, Jo Swerling, Alfred Hitchcock
Cast Tallulah Bankhead, John Hodiak, Walter Slezak
Plot Several survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship.
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Of Mice And Men (1939) FR #2707 | Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English
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Director Lewis Milestone
Writer John Steinbeck, Eugene Solow
Cast Lon Chaney Jr., Burgess Meredith, Betty Field
Plot A mentally disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.
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Ondu Muthina Kathe (1987) FR #4210 | Movie | Drama | India | Kannada, English
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Director Shankar Nag
Writer Shankar Nag, John Steinbeck, Chi Udayashankar
Cast Archana, Ashok Badardinni, T.N. Balakrishna
Plot Ondu muttina kathe is based on a tribal community in the coastal area of karnataka
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Editorial Best Movies/TV Shows Written by (or adapted from) John Steinbeck collects the writer’s most important, popular and top regarded work. This list is built from the cataogue of 25000 core titles provided on FlickRatings, and showcases most important movies and TV shows as ordered by our score generated using public metadata. Combine this with our weekly updated OTT information to shortlist your next watch.
