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.
Karen Morley
Mary Sims
Tom Keene
John Sims
Barbara Pepper
Sally
Addison Richards
Louie
John Qualen
Chris (as John T. Qualen)
Lloyd Ingraham
Uncle Anthony
Sidney Bracey
Rent Collector
Henry Hall
Frank - the Carpenter
Nellie V. Nichols
Mrs. Cohen (as Nellie Nichols)
Frank Minor
Plumber
Director
King Vidor
Tagline
"We live! We love! We fight! We hate! What don't we do for - OUR DAILY BREAD"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
Viking Productions, United Artists
CinemaSerf
June 13, 2022
Despite having a pretty lacklustre cast, this is still quite a watchable story of grit and determination set during the American depression. John Qualen ("Chris") - more frequently seen in the more eccentric supporting roles of John Wayne movies - stops by the farm of Tom Keene ("Tom") and "Mary" (Karen Mosley) who have fled the city in the hope of making a new life for themselves on an old farm o...
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