Tag: John Steinbeck

Cannery Row Script

Script by:William Graham (Writer), John Steinbeck (Novel)
Directed by:David S. Ward
Year:1982
IMDb:tt0083717

Plot:A depressed section of Monterey, California is the backdrop for an offbeat romantic comedy about a pair of mismatched lovers. Doc is a lonely marine biologist and former baseball star. Suzy is a scrappy, abrasive drifter who can't even succeed as a prostitute. Add Cannery Row's band of resident drunken derelicts to the mix and fireworks result, though not the romantic kind.
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East Of Eden Script

Script by:John Steinbeck (Author), Paul Osborn (Author)
Directed by:Elia Kazan
Year:1955
IMDb:tt0048028

Plot:In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, to how to get ahead in business and in life, to how to relate to estranged mother.
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Tortilla Flat Script

Script by:John Steinbeck (Novel), John Lee Mahin (Screenplay), Benjamin Glazer (Screenplay)
Directed by:Victor Fleming
Year:1942
IMDb:tt0035460

Plot:Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends.
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The Grapes of Wrath Script

Script by:John Steinbeck (Author), Nunnally Johnson (Screenplay)
Directed by:John Ford
Year:1940
IMDb:tt0032551

Plot:Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
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Lifeboat Script

Script by:John Steinbeck (Writer), Jo Swerling (Screenplay)
Directed by:Alfred Hitchcock
Year:1944
IMDb:tt0037017

Plot:During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-boat.
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