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The Grapes of Wrath : Police Encounter

Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) explores the labor camp at night and stumbles upon the former preacher Jim Casey's (John Carradine) tent. As they talk about unfair labor conditions in the camp, the police arrive and a fight breaks out.

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ambient sound , canted frame, close-up, dialogue, diegetic sound, dolly shot, high angle, low angle, low-key lighting, medium close-up, medium long shot, medium shot, over the shoulder shot, overhead shot, set, shot/reverse shot, source lighting, tilt

Diversity in Media Representation

LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, White, White: White American

"Police Encounter " in The Grapes of Wrath. Directed by John Ford, 20th Century Fox, 1940, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3684

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