The Plow That Broke the Plains
1936 | 25m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Pare Lorentz |
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| Writer: | Pare Lorentz |
| Staring: |
| A documentary about what happened to the Great Plains of the United States and Canada when uncontrolled farming destroyed the soil and led to the Dust Bowl. | |
| Release Date: | May 10, 1936 |
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| Director: | Pare Lorentz |
| Writer: | Pare Lorentz |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | farming |
| Production Companies | Resettlement Administration |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 31, 2026 Entered: May 05, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Thomas Chalmers | Narrator (voice) |
| Bam White | Farmer |
| Name | Job |
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| Alexander Smallens | Conductor |
| John Franklin Carter Jr. | Researcher |
| Leo Zochling | Editor |
| Paul Ivano | Director of Photography |
| Ralph Steiner | Director of Photography |
| Virgil Thomson | Original Music Composer |
| Joseph I. Kane | Sound |
| Henry Brant | Orchestrator |
| Pare Lorentz | Director, Writer |
| Paul Strand | Director of Photography |
| Leo Hurwitz | Director of Photography |
| King Vidor | Technical Advisor |
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