Jane Darwell is marvelous (although her accent is inappropriate) as the strong center and backbone of the migratory family that must leave its ancestral land, and Henry Fonda is magnificent as an unmercifully-harrassed Okie who refuses to be beaten and crushed by misfortune." After the show ends, they talk about he prohibitive implications of his name:Alice: You know what the girls would say if they saw me walking along like this with you - they""d say I was making up to the boss""s nephew.The chariot race sequence in the Circus Maximus (an amazing replica of the one in Rome) is one of the most thrilling and famous in film history."George Cukor, a veteran ""women""s director,"" made a sumptuous, glamorous, brilliant Technicolor film with well-loved unes - it was honored with twelve Academy Award nominations and eight wins, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Rex Harrison), Best Director (Cukor""sonlyBest Director award in his career), Best Color Cinematography (in widescreen 70 mm), Best Color Art Direction/Set Decoration, Best Sound, Best Score (Andre Previn), and Best Color Costume Design (Cecil Beaton).