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The Plow That Broke the Plains

1936 25 min English NR
Wubly rating 6.3 IMDb rating 6.2

A documentary about what happened to the Great Plains of the United States and Canada when uncontrolled farming destroyed the soil and led to the Dust Bowl.

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Cast

2 people

Pare Lorentz Director · Virgil Thomson Composer

United States release May 10, 1936 · Produced in United States

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Production

United States

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Original language

English

Spoken on screen

English

Release dates

United States · May 10, 1936

Theatrical

Argentina

April 16, 2005 · Premiere · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema

Portugal

April 28, 2009 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Portuguesa

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