02 Aug 2002
Signs
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
Our Daily Bread
We live! We love! We fight! We hate! What don't we do for - OUR DAILY BREAD
John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.
Top Billed Cast
Karen Morley Mary Sims
Tom Keene John Sims
Barbara Pepper Sally
Addison Richards Louie
John Qualen Chris (as John T. Qualen)
Lloyd Ingraham Uncle Anthony
Sidney Bracey Rent Collector
Henry Hall Frank - the Carpenter
Nellie V. Nichols Mrs. Cohen (as Nellie Nichols)
Frank Minor Plumber
Bud Rae Stonemason
Harry Brown Little Man
C.E. Anderson Schultz - the Butcher (uncredited)
Earl Askam Farmer (uncredited)
Lionel Backus Barber (uncredited)
Eddie Baker Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Jack Baldwin Motorcyclist (uncredited)
Marion Ballou Old Lady (uncredited)
Harry Bernard Chief (uncredited)
Harold Berquist Father (uncredited)
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