An activist gets caught up in the labor movement for farm workers in California during the 1930s.

In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise up "in dubious battle" against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own - stronger than its individual members and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan (Nat Wolff), the strike is founded on his tragic idealism - on the "courage never to submit or yield." Published in 1936, the novel "In Dubious Battle" is considered the first major work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Steinbeck.

In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own-stronger than its individual members, and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism-'courage, never submit, or yield'—yusufpiskin