Les Déracinés (1940)
Le docteur Karl Braun et sa fille Leni, réfugiés aux États-Unis peu après avoir fui l'annexion de l'Autriche (Anschluss) en 1938 par les nazis, arrivent dans une petite ville rurale du Dakota du Nord, où lui exerce comme médecin et elle comme infirmière. La bourgade est alors durement éprouvée par la sécheresse et des tempêtes de poussière persistantes (Dust Bowl). Sur la recommandation du Ministère de l'Agriculture, la communauté décide de se déplacer en masse vers une zone plus favorable, située en Oregon, sous la conduite de John Phillips...
Directeur:
Bernard Vorhaus
écrivains:
F. Hugh Herbert, Joseph Moncure March, Samuel Ornitz.
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John Wayne as John Phillips |
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Sigrid Gurie as Leni 'Lenchen' Braun |
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Charles Coburn as Dr. Karl Braun |
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Spencer Charters as Dr. 'Nunk' Atterbury |
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Helen MacKellar as Mrs. Welles |
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Roland Varno as Dr. Eric Von Scherer |
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Sonny Bupp as Billy Welles |
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Wade Boteler as Mr. Harris, Department of Agriculture Official |
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Trevor Bardette as Clem Higgins |
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Russell Simpson as Minister |
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Charles Waldron as Dr. William Thorpe |
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Wendell Niles as Man-on-the-Street Radio Announcer |
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Frank Brownlee as Bill--Farmer |
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Bob Burns as Farmer |
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Horace B. Carpenter as White-Haired Farmer in Oregon |
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Hugh Chapman as Boy |
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Jim Corey as Churchgoer |
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Calvin Ellison as Boy |
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Douglas Evans as 'We the People' Radio MC |
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Mary Field as Mrs. Stebbins |
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Francis Ford as Farmer Bill, with Higgins |
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Byron Foulger as Joe Stebbins |
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Stuart Holmes as Extra Farmer at Meeting |
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Si Jenks as Train Conductor |
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Darwood Kaye as Boy Patient Sitting in Chair |
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Gretchen Kisker as Girl |
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Lola Milliorn as Girl |
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Arthur Millett as Farmer |
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Jack Montgomery as Joe--Farmer |
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Bill Nestell as Farmer |
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Manuel París as Refugee Doctor |
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Hank Patterson as Pool Player |
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Rose Plumer as White Haired Farmer's Wife |
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Victor Potel as Postman |
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Dewey Robinson as Bartender |
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John Sheehan as Man Asking When Wedding Will Be |
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Ted Stanhope as Farmer |
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Frederick Vogeding as Herr Schmidt, Eric's Assistant |
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Bill Wolfe as Farmer Driving to Oregon |
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Wolfgang Zilzer as Dr. Rudolf Preussner |
| Directing | Bernard Vorhaus | Director |
| Writing | F. Hugh Herbert | Screenplay |
| Writing | Joseph Moncure March | Screenplay |
| Writing | Samuel Ornitz | Screenplay |
| Camera | John Alton | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Victor Young | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | William Morgan | Editor |
| Art | John Victor Mackay | Art Direction |
| Directing | Kenneth Holmes | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Yakima Canutt | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Sol C. Siegel | Producer |