<P> The film opens with Tom Joad ( Henry Fonda ) , released from prison and hitchhiking his way back to his parents ' family farm in Oklahoma . Tom finds an itinerant ex-preacher named Jim Casy ( John Carradine ) sitting under a tree by the side of the road . Casy was the preacher who baptized Tom , but now Casy has `` lost the spirit '' and his faith . Casy goes with Tom to the Joad property only to find it deserted . There , they meet Muley Graves ( John Qualen ) who is hiding out . In a flashback , he describes how farmers all over the area were forced from their farms by the deed holders of the land . A local boy ( Irving Bacon ) , hired for the purpose , is shown knocking down Muley 's house with a Caterpillar tractor . The large Joad family of twelve leaves at daybreak , along with Casy , who decides to accompany them . They pack everything into a dilapidated 1926 Hudson `` Super Six '' sedan adapted to serve as a truck in order to make the long journey to the promised land of California . </P>
<P> The film opens with Tom Joad ( Henry Fonda ) , released from prison and hitchhiking his way back to his parents ' family farm in Oklahoma . Tom finds an itinerant ex-preacher named Jim Casy ( John Carradine ) sitting under a tree by the side of the road . Casy was the preacher who baptized Tom , but now Casy has `` lost the spirit '' and his faith . Casy goes with Tom to the Joad property only to find it deserted . There , they meet Muley Graves ( John Qualen ) who is hiding out . In a flashback , he describes how farmers all over the area were forced from their farms by the deed holders of the land . A local boy ( Irving Bacon ) , hired for the purpose , is shown knocking down Muley 's house with a Caterpillar tractor . The large Joad family of twelve leaves at daybreak , along with Casy , who decides to accompany them . They pack everything into a dilapidated 1926 Hudson `` Super Six '' sedan adapted to serve as a truck in order to make the long journey to the promised land of California . </P>
who played tom joad in grapes of wrath
who played tom joad in grapes of wrath
Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda