Of Mice And Men (1992)

George Milton (Gary Sinise) and Lennie Small (John Malkovich) are two men travelling together during the Great Depression. George takes care of Lennie who is mentally retarded because he promised Lennie's aunt he would when she died. All they want to do is raise enough money to buy a small farm so Lennie can raise rabbits. The problem is that Lennie is very strong and can't control his desire to pet soft things, sometimes with lethal consequences. Hilarity ensues as George and Lennie sign on to work on a farm and meet the owner's son Curley (Casey Siemaszko) and his restless wife (Sherilyn Fenn).

Trivia: The girl in the red dress, running through the field at the beginning of the movie, was actually played by Gary Sinise's wife.

It has been a long time since I read Of Mice And Men in high school. But what I remember was pretty well portrayed in the movie. Gary Sinise is his usual solid self and John Malkovich does a good job playing Lennie. Ray Walston also did a tremendous job as Candy, the old guy with the bad hand. Nice solid little movie.