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Tobacco Road(1941)

ON THE SCREEN AT LAST! The Picture you've waited eight years to see...Picturized by the men who gave you "GRAPES OF WRATH"

6.8(60)1h 24m1941-02-20

ComedyDrama

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.

Director:: John Ford
Writers:: Erskine Caldwell, Jack Kirkland, Nunnally Johnson
Producers:: Darryl F. Zanuck
Cinematographer:: Arthur C. Miller
Production:: 20th Century Fox
Status:: Released

Cast

Charley Grapewin

Charley Grapewin

Jeeter Lester

Marjorie Rambeau

Marjorie Rambeau

Sister Bessie Rice

Gene Tierney

Gene Tierney

Ellie May Lester

William Tracy

William Tracy

Dude Lester

Elizabeth Patterson

Elizabeth Patterson

Ada Lester

Dana Andrews

Dana Andrews

Capt. Tim Harmon

Slim Summerville

Slim Summerville

Henry Peabody

Ward Bond

Ward Bond

Lov Bensey

Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell

George Payne

Zeffie Tilbury

Zeffie Tilbury

Grandma Lester

Russell Simpson

Russell Simpson

Chief of Police

Spencer Charters

Spencer Charters

County Clerk