Tobacco Road (1941)

  • NR
  • 02/20/1941 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 24m

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.

Nunnally Johnson

Screenplay

John Ford

Director

Erskine Caldwell

Novel

Cast

Charley Grapewin's headshot

Charley Grapewin

Jeeter Lester
Marjorie Rambeau's headshot

Marjorie Rambeau

Sister Bessie Rice
Gene Tierney's headshot

Gene Tierney

Ellie May Lester
William Tracy's headshot

William Tracy

Dude Lester
Elizabeth Patterson's headshot

Elizabeth Patterson

Ada Lester
Dana Andrews's headshot

Dana Andrews

Capt. Tim Harmon
Slim Summerville's headshot

Slim Summerville

Henry Peabody
Ward Bond's headshot

Ward Bond

Lov Bensey

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