Watch: In Dubious Battle 2016 123movies, Full Movie Online – In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise up “in dubious battle” against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own – stronger than its individual members and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan (Nat Wolff), the strike is founded on his tragic idealism – on the “courage never to submit or yield.” Published in 1936, the novel “In Dubious Battle” is considered the first major work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Steinbeck..
Plot: In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise ‘in dubious battle’ against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger than its individual members, and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism—’courage, never submit, or yield’.
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Despite Its Flaws Has an Important Message
A powerful all-star cast, with varying degrees of screen time, in this film adaptation of a John Steinbeck book. It can drag at times and I felt it was overly long, but the message of the movie is quite important, in my opinion.Set in 1933 (during the Great Depression), in the apple orchards of the Tongas Valley, in California, James Franco and Nat Wolff star as two radical organizers who infiltrate the apple pickers in that region to get them to fight back and band together against the landowners who are exploiting them.
The orchard owners will do anything to protect their interests and, as one would expect, the two groups will violently clash and chaos and bloodshed will ensue. I might note Vincent D’Onofrio gives a superlative performance here as London, a giant of a man elected to be the leader of the workers.
All in all, despite its flaws this movie serves as a good reminder of how bad things can get if the pendulum swings too far between the interests of business and their workers. In the seemingly rush of our Washington D.C. politicians to give free rein to corporations, perhaps this film can illustrate again that we’re still fighting some of the same battles today some 80 years later.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 50 min (110 min)
Budget 10000000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Crime, Drama, History
Director James Franco
Writer Matt Rager, John Steinbeck
Actors Nat Wolff, James Franco, Vincent D’Onofrio
Country United States
Awards 2 wins
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix N/A
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Red Dragon
Laboratory Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging, Burbank (CA), USA (digital intermediate)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format N/A
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (master format)
Printed Film Format DCP