Ford's best (and that says a lot)

Rating: Null/10 (8 August 1999)

John Ford, one of Hollywood's greatest directors, practically hero-worshipped by no less than Orson Welles, made many great movies in his illustrious career, but this is probably his best. His sure-handed direction, combined with Greg Toland's excellent cinematography, Nunally Johnson's first rate script (faithfully following Steinbeck's great novel), and top-notch acting by Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, and the rest, many of then John Ford regulars, make for an unforgettable portrait of an an America, which, although only existing 60 or so years ago, is completely unrecognizable today. A sad and beautiful film.