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.