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Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread

6,7 /10 (48 Votes)
1934 EN 80 min

Overview

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.

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Release date

02/10/1934

Votes

48

Popularity

1.7

We live! We love! We fight! We hate! What don't we do for - OUR DAILY BREAD

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

80 min

Karen Morley

Karen Morley

Mary Sims

Tom Keene

Tom Keene

John Sims

Barbara Pepper

Barbara Pepper

Sally

Addison Richards

Addison Richards

Louie

John Qualen

John Qualen

Chris (as John T. Qualen)

Lloyd Ingraham

Lloyd Ingraham

Uncle Anthony

Sidney Bracey

Sidney Bracey

Rent Collector

Henry Hall

Henry Hall

Frank - the Carpenter

Nellie V. Nichols

Nellie V. Nichols

Mrs. Cohen (as Nellie Nichols)

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Frank Minor

Plumber

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Bud Rae

Stonemason

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Harry Brown

Little Man

C.E. Anderson

C.E. Anderson

Schultz - the Butcher (uncredited)

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Earl Askam

Farmer (uncredited)

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Lionel Backus

Barber (uncredited)

Eddie Baker

Eddie Baker

Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

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Jack Baldwin

Motorcyclist (uncredited)

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Marion Ballou

Old Lady (uncredited)

Harry Bernard

Harry Bernard

Chief (uncredited)

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Harold Berquist

Father (uncredited)

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Bonita

Mother (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Harry C. Bradley

Professor (uncredited)

Lynton Brent

Lynton Brent

Bully (uncredited)

Tommy Bupp

Tommy Bupp

Boy (uncredited)

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Henry Burroughs

Politician (uncredited)

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Cy Clegg

Lawyer (uncredited)

Billy Engle

Billy Engle

Abie Cohen (uncredited)

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Florence Enright

Gossiping Woman #2 (uncredited)

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Alma Ferns

Mrs. Hilda Larsen (uncredited)

Clarence Geldart

Clarence Geldart

Community Member (uncredited)

Harris Gordon

Harris Gordon

Cigar Salesman (uncredited)

Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon

Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)

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Harrison Greene

Sheriff (uncredited)

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Frank Hammond

Undertaker (uncredited)

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Jack Hyam

Violinist (uncredited)

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Doris Kemper

Gossiping Woman #1 (uncredited)

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Billy Kidston

Boy (uncredited)

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Maybelle Lee

Little Girl (uncredited)

Sidney Miller

Sidney Miller

Cohen's Son (uncredited)

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Gene O'Brien

Boy (uncredited)

Edward Peil Sr.

Edward Peil Sr.

Powerhouse Employee (uncredited)

Hal Price

Hal Price

Threatened Bidder at Auction (uncredited)

Bob Reeves

Bob Reeves

George Hannibal (uncredited)

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Alex Schumberg

Violinist (uncredited)

Harry Semels

Harry Semels

Italian Shoemaker (uncredited)

Ray Spiker

Ray Spiker

Ex-Convict (uncredited)

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Billy Tucker

Boy (uncredited)

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Robert Tucker

Boy (uncredited)

King Vidor

King Vidor

Farmer Yelling 'Let It Go!' (uncredited)

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-06-13

⭐ 7

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" (Karen Mosley) who have fled the city in the hope of making a new life for themselves on an old farm owned by her uncle. He is invited to stay to help them, and they gradually they realise that by helping each other they can accomplish more, and more efficiently too, so establish a co-operative of loc…

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