"We, in this quiet corner of England, have suffered the loss of friends very dear to us - some close to this church: George West, choir boy; James Bellard, station master and bell ringer and a proud winner, only one hour before his death, of the Belding Cup for his beautiful Miniver rose; and our hearts go out in sympathy to the two families who share the cruel loss of a young girl who was married at this altar only two weeks ago. The homes of many of us have been destroyed, and the lives of young and old have been taken. There is scarcely a household that hasn't been struck to the heart. And why? Surely you must have asked yourself this question. Why in all conscience should these be the ones to suffer? Children, old people, a young girl at the height of her loveliness. Why these? Are these our soldiers? Are these our fighters? Why should they be sacrificed? I shall tell you why. Because this is not only a war of soldiers in uniform. It is a war of the people, of all the people, and it must be fought not only on the battlefield, but in the cities and in the villages, in the factories and on the farms, in the home, and in the heart of every man, woman, and child who loves freedom! Well, we have buried our dead, but we shall not forget them. Instead they will inspire us with an unbreakable determination to free ourselves and those who come after us from the tyranny and terror that threaten to strike us down. This is the people's war! It is our war! We are the fighters! Fight it then! Fight it with all that is in us, and may God defend the right."

"This is the People's War. It is our war. We are the fighters. Fight it then. Fight it with all that is in us and may God defend the Right."

"I'm sorry to disturb the harmony of this occasion, but our enemies are no respecters of flower shows."

"That Casy. He might have been a preacher but he seen things clear. He was like a lantern. He helped me to see things clear."

"Darryl Hickman - Winfield Joad"

"Frank Sully - Noah Joad"

"O.Z. Whitehead - Al Joad"

"Dorris Bowdon - Rose-of-Sharon "Rosasharn" Rivers"

"Frank Darien - Uncle John Joad"

"Zeffie Tilbury - Grandma Joad"

"Charley Grapewin - Grandpa William James Joad"

"John Carradine - Jim Casy"

"Jane Darwell - Ma Joad"

"Russell Simpson - Pa Joad"

"Henry Fonda - Tom Joad"

"The Joads step right out of the pages of the novel that has shocked millions!"

"The thousands who have read the book will know why WE WILL NOT SELL ANY CHILDREN TICKETS to see this picture!"

"The most discussed book in years - now comes to the screen to become the most discussed picture in ages"

"Gasoline Attendant: You and me got sense. Them Okies got no sense and no feeling. They ain't human. Human being wouldn't live the way they do. Human being couldn't stand to be so miserable."

"Grandpa Joad: I smell spare ribs. Somebody's been eatin' spare ribs. How come I ain't got none?"

"Grandpa Joad: Wait til I get to Californey. I'm gonna reach up and pick me an orange whenever I want it. With some grapes. Now there's somethin' I ain't never had enough of."

"What was the use? He was right, and there wasn't a thing in the world I could do about it....There wasn't nothin' to eat, but I couldn't leave. Somethin' just wouldn't let me. So now I just wander around and sleep wherever I am. I used to tell myself that I was lookin' out for things, so that when the folks come back everything'd be all right. But I know'd it wasn't true. There ain't nothin' to look out fer. There ain't nobody ever comin' back. They're gone! And me, I'm just an old graveyard ghost. That's all in the world I am."

"They come. They come and pushed me off. They come with the cats...the cats, the caterpillar tractors. And for every one of 'em, there was ten, fifteen families thrown right out of their homes. A hundred folks and no place to live but on the road....One right after the other, they got throw'd out. Half the folks you and me know throw'd right out into the road. The one that got me come oh, about a month ago."

"Tom, there's a whole lot I don't understand. But goin' away ain't gonna ease us. There was a time we was on the land. There was a boundary to us then. Old folks died off and little fellars come. We was always one thing. We was the family. Kind of whole and clear. But now we ain't clear no more. There ain't nothin' that keeps us clear. Al - he's a-hankerin' to be off on his own and Uncle John's just draggin' around. Your Pa's lost his place, he ain't the head no more. We're crackin' up, Tom. We ain't no family now. And Rosesharn - she's gonna have her baby, but it won't have no family. I've been a-tryin' to keep her goin' but [she sighs]...and Winfield, what's he gonna be this a-way? Grown up wild, and Ruthie too! Just like animals. Got nothin' to trust. [Tearfully] Don't go, Tom. Stay and help! Help me!"

"Maybe there ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue, they's just what people does. Some things folks do is nice and some ain't so nice, and that's all any man's got a right to say."

"I wouldn't pray just for an old man that's dead, 'cause he's all right. If I was to pray, I'd pray for folks that's alive and don't know which way to turn."

"Seems like the government's got more interest in a dead man than a live one."

"I don't know anything about medicine, doctor, but that's one prescription that never cured anything."

"Mark Hellinger - Narrator (voice)"

"Enid Markey - Mrs. Edgar Hylton"

"Tom Pedi - Det. Perelli"

"Grover Burgess - Mr. Batory"

"Adelaide Klein - Mrs. Paula Batory"

"Anne Sargent - Mrs. Halloran"

"House Jameson - Dr. Stoneman"