OF MICE AND MEN (1939)

LEWIS MILESTONE

Drama Weepie / Tear Jerker 1930s Historical Disability & Mental Illness Literary Classics Whisky's Wonders Classics Recommended

Cast

BURGESS MEREDITH BETTY FIELD LON CHANEY JR CHARLES BICKFORD ROMAN BOHNEN AARON COPLAND

Plot

Set in 1930s California, this adaptation of Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men' paints a bold, vivid picture of life in the depression era and tells the tragic tale of George and Lenny two itinerant farm hands searching for a safe haven from the cruelties of the world.