Tobacco Road
1941 · Movie · 1h 24m · NR
ComedyDrama
"ON THE SCREEN AT LAST! The Picture you've waited eight years to see...Picturized by the men who gave you "GRAPES OF WRATH""
Overview
Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of sharecroppers live in rural Georgia where their ancestors were once wealthy planters. Their slapstick existence is threatened by a bank's plans to take over the land for more profitable farming.
Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
Key crew
- Nunnally JohnsonScreenplay
- John FordDirector
Cast
- Charley GrapewinJeeter Lester
- Marjorie RambeauSister Bessie Rice
- Gene TierneyEllie May Lester
- William TracyDude Lester
- Elizabeth PattersonAda Lester
- Dana AndrewsCapt. Tim Harmon
- Slim SummervilleHenry Peabody
- Ward BondLov Bensey
- Grant MitchellGeorge Payne
- Zeffie TilburyGrandma Lester
- Russell SimpsonChief of Police
- Spencer ChartersCounty Clerk
Stills
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Themes
bankermarriagegeorgiahillbillybackwoodssharecropper