Film

The Good Earth

1937 · 2h 19m · Drama · History · Romance

China… Land of unrest… Tomorrow they may starve!

IMDb

7.5

Rotten Tomatoes

95%

China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over the years; but the temptations of a fragile prosperity will endanger their love and the survival of their entire family.

Paul Muni

Wang

Luise Rainer

O-Lan

Walter Connolly

Uncle

Tilly Losch

Lotus

Charley Grapewin

Old Father

Jessie Ralph

Cuckoo

Soo Yong

Aunt

Keye Luke

Elder Son

Roland Lui

Younger Son

Suzanna Kim

Little Fool

Ching Wah Lee

Ching

Harold Huber

Cousin

Olaf Hytten

Liu - Grain Merchant

William Law

Gateman

Mary Wong

Little Bride

Philip Ahn

Captain (uncredited)

• Sidney FranklinDirector
• Talbot JenningsScreenplay
• Claudine WestScreenplay
• Tess SlesingerScreenplay
• Pearl S. BuckNovel
• Irving ThalbergProducer
• Karl FreundDirector of Photography
• Herbert StothartOriginal Music Composer
• Slavko VorkapichEditor
• Basil WrangellEditor

Original Theatrical Trailer

Release date

June 2, 1937

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 19m

Rated

NR

Budget

$2,800,000

Revenue

$3,557,000

Genres

Drama, History, Romance

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