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Of Mice and Men (1939)
- PG
- 12/24/1939 (US)
- Drama
- 1h 46m
She was made for love... and tragedy.
Overview
An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.
Lewis Milestone
DirectorEugene Solow
ScreenplayJohn Steinbeck
NovelCast
![Burgess Meredith's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/fa9ep5lEVfZjUPIbTP5zjYMPF58.jpg)
Burgess Meredith
George![Betty Field's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/zwKYuyKC45hn1UpMCaYif7KMNHV.jpg)
Betty Field
Mae![Lon Chaney Jr.'s headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/xj8gBZ7Vbu1rGm1uaL11MfD8RSe.jpg)
Lon Chaney Jr.
Lennie![Charles Bickford's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/6KHt9ntoDHaPW4HXi5u5n92aycg.jpg)
Charles Bickford
Slim![Roman Bohnen's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/4X6DJ6peH7Q095HNGNtdQks5IG2.jpg)
Roman Bohnen
Candy![Bob Steele's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/jOaQFxwyNWRNEEdRoiiRaOVrOpK.jpg)
Bob Steele
Curley![Noah Beery Jr.'s headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/oFdEn3ePUmhltOmF16Ggu1h1pQk.jpg)
Noah Beery Jr.
Whit![Oscar O'Shea's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/shWnx3maJa24MT3EmNnXhOSAKXs.jpg)