This adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel remains the most potent treatment of the classic Depression-era story. A mentally disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy’s ranch, as they try to make ends meet while dreaming of a modest future tilling their own land.

One Old Hollywood gem follows another! From 1939, that legendary year of Gone With the Wind and Stagecoach, this Best Picture nominee is the original (and arguably most essential) screen take on Steinbeck’s American classic, with Burgess Meredith Lon Chaney, Jr. in the leads.