The Grapes of Wrath is a 1940 American drama movie directed by John Ford and was based on the 1939 novel of the same name by John Steinbeck. It stars Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charles Grapewin, Dorris Bowdon, O. Z. Whitehead, John Qualen, Eddie Quillan, Darryl Hickman, Shirley Mills, Roger Imhof, John Arledge, Irving Bacon, Ward Bond, Charles Tannen and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was nominated for 7 Oscars and won 2 Academy Awards in 1941.