Our Daily Bread
John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.
Cast
Karen Morley
as Mary Sims
Tom Keene
as John Sims
Barbara Pepper
as Sally
Addison Richards
as Louie
John Qualen
as Chris (as John T. Qualen)
Lloyd Ingraham
as Uncle Anthony
Sidney Bracey
as Rent Collector
Henry Hall
as Frank - the Carpenter
Nellie V. Nichols
as Mrs. Cohen (as Nellie Nichols)
Frank Minor
as Plumber
Reviews
CinemaSerf
Despite having a pretty lacklustre cast, this is still quite a watchable story of grit and determination set during the American depression. John Qualen ("Chris") - more frequently seen in the more eccentric supporting roles of John Wayne movies - stops by the farm of Tom Keene ("Tom") and "Mary" (K...
