--- title: 'Of Mice and Men (1939)' type: 'film' director: 'Lewis Milestone' released: '1939-01-01' runtime_minutes: 106 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/of-mice-and-men-1939' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031742/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Of Mice and Men (1939) 1939 · 106 min · Drama · United States ## Synopsis Of Mice and Men is a 1939 American drama film based on the 1937 play of the same name, which itself was based on the novella of the same name by author John Steinbeck. The film stars Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, and Lon Chaney Jr., and features Charles Bickford, Roman Bohnen, Bob Steele, and Noah Beery Jr. The film tells the story of two men, George and his intellectually disabled partner Lennie, trying to survive during the dustbowl of the 1930s and pursuing a dream of owning their own ranch instead of always working for others. Starring in the lead roles were relative Hollywood newcomer Burgess Meredith as George and veteran actor Lon Chaney Jr. as Lennie. Chaney had appeared in more than 50 films by that point in his career, but Of Mice and Men was his first major role. Betty Field's role as Mae was her breakthrough role in film. ## Credits - **Director:** [Lewis Milestone](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-milestone) - **Producer:** [Lewis Milestone](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-milestone) - **Screenplay:** [John Steinbeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-steinbeck), [Eugene Solow](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-solow) - **Original Music Composer:** [Aaron Copland](https://cinepixo.com/people/aaron-copland) - **Director of Photography:** [Norbert Brodine](https://cinepixo.com/people/norbert-brodine) - **Editor:** [Bert Jordan](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-jordan) ## Cast - [Bob Steele](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-steele) - [Helen Lynd](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-lynd) - [Baldwin Cooke](https://cinepixo.com/people/baldwin-cooke) - [Oscar O'Shea](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-o-shea) - [Charles Bickford](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bickford) - [Leona Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/leona-roberts) - [Burgess Meredith](https://cinepixo.com/people/burgess-meredith) - [Betty Field](https://cinepixo.com/people/betty-field) - [Noah Beery Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/noah-beery-jr) - [Leigh Whipper](https://cinepixo.com/people/leigh-whipper) - [Roman Bohnen](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-bohnen) - [Lon Chaney Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-chaney-jr) - [Granville Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/granville-bates) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/of-mice-and-men-1939 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1620093); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.