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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.
John Ford
DirectorErskine Caldwell
NovelNunnally Johnson
ScreenplayCast
![Charley Grapewin's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/xROPwMkTUgweYQFhbTsvklIMhlw.jpg)
Charley Grapewin
Jeeter Lester![Marjorie Rambeau's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/cAUbCP4mm0L7msFyJnAiidxEUa8.jpg)
Marjorie Rambeau
Sister Bessie Rice![Gene Tierney's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/sexaQ4TPHEnwaiEAGpJDGlmEjF3.jpg)
Gene Tierney
Ellie May Lester![William Tracy's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/c5Q4IeL2ust018z5Lbet04bDhI9.jpg)
William Tracy
Dude Lester![Elizabeth Patterson's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/rSLcM8DsZi1ydRn8Dk3vXE89nCG.jpg)
Elizabeth Patterson
Ada Lester![Dana Andrews's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/gTZaqIS441ejTsQmfZff6SHvWja.jpg)
Dana Andrews
Capt. Tim Harmon![Slim Summerville's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/940E4Wlj0XNUgwa1JtR2zRnZuNz.jpg)
Slim Summerville
Henry Peabody![Ward Bond's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/6F8pPEwBHWDpX04R8LkARFejwtC.jpg)