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Poster for Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread

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1934 | 80 min | Drama, Romance

Sunday Safe Betearly rating

Why it’s a Sunday Safe Bet

It earned strong reviews (79% on Rotten Tomatoes), though it had almost no lasting buzz and soft box office. A safe bet when you want something reliable.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for romantics. If you loved Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans or Days of Heaven, start here.
The mood
Warm and romantic.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 20 min.
What might put you off
Made in 1934: an older pace and style.

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsStrong

    79% on Rotten Tomatoes

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 7K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by King Vidor

  • Karen MorleyMary Sims
  • Tom KeeneJohn Sims
  • Barbara PepperSally
  • Addison RichardsLouie
  • John QualenChris (as John T. Qualen)
  • Lloyd IngrahamUncle Anthony
  • Sidney BraceyRent Collector
  • Henry HallFrank - the Carpenter
  • Nellie V. NicholsMrs. Cohen (as Nellie Nichols)
  • Frank MinorPlumber