In Dubious Battle

Grapes of Wrath without the Grapes. A strike of exploited fruit-pickers in Depression-era California gains momentum, then threatens to turn ugly. James Franco directs a solid, if unremarkable, adaptation of Steinbeck's early labor novel.

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In Dubious Battle was released in 2016 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 110 minutes.