This is commonly known as Jean Renoir's first American film (1941), although Renoir scholar Alexander Sesonske has established that Renoir's creative role in the project was severely hampered by producer Darryl F. Zanuck and that he didn't regard much of the film as his own. (The ending, for instance, was written by Za…

<p>　　刚从监狱释放出来的Tom Joad （亨利·方达 Henry Fonda饰）回到俄克拉荷马的家的时候却发现原来的家里已经空无一人，打听之下才从农民Jim Casy（约翰·卡拉丁 John Carradine饰）口中得知，随着工业的发展，当地的农民们都被迫离开该地。Tom和Jim在Tom的叔父家里找到了Tom的家人，一家人决定到加利福尼亚去寻找新的工作。一家人…

　　

　　两个年轻的漂泊者带领一列摩门教马车来到圣胡安山谷，在旅途中遇到了凶残者、印第安人、地理和道德挑战。