Top cast:Charles Ogle,Herbert Prior
Director:Stephen Shimek
Genre:Romance
Region:Nigeria
Year:1999
Storyline:On a budget of $2.2 million, the domestic box-office revenue totaled $7.27 million.The film""s success earned Monroe better roles opposite such stars as Laurence Olivier (as Elsie inThe Prince and the Showgirl (1957)), Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis (as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk inSome Like It Hot (1959)), and Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift (as Roslyn Taber inThe Misfits (1961)), before her untimely death at the age of 36 in 1962.But Lydecker arrogantly ridicules and snubs her.He refuses to endorse her ad, and turns her away:Young woman, either you have been raised in some incredibly rustic community where good manners are unknown or you suffer from the common feminine delusion that the mere fact of being a woman exempts you from the rules of civilized conduct, or possibly both.Afterwards, Helen complained: "Just the sound of his voice makes my flesh creep.Money, money, money, that""s all he every thinks about!"Carol was left with the dirty dishes in the kitchen.Its heme of an oppressed people""s epic move to a new home parallels he Biblical story of Exodus.Their family name, Joad, also evokes he Biblical character of Job.Nunnally Johnson""s screenplay is remarkably faithful o its Steinbeck source material.Not present in the novel or the screenplay is a tacked-on ending in the film that optimistically and sentimentally affirms the strength and human dignity of the individual spirit.