The Winter of Our Discontent

The Winter of Our Discontent is a 1983 made-for-TV movie based on the novel by John Steinbeck. The story is about a Long Islander named Ethan Allen Hawley (played by Donald Sutherland) who works as a clerk in a grocery store he used to own, but is now owned by an Italian immigrant. His wife and kids want more than what he can give them because of his lowly position. He finds out that the immigrant that owns his store is an illegal alien, turns hi... more

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