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Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road

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

19416.71h 24m

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.

Directed by John Ford
Written by Jack Kirkland, Nunnally Johnson, Erskine Caldwell
Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
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Top 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

Themes & Keywords

bankermarriagegeorgiahillbillybackwoodssharecropper

About Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road is a comedy, drama film released in 1941 exploring themes of banker, marriage, georgia, hillbilly, backwoods, sharecropper. Directed by John Ford, it stars Charley Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene Tierney. 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.

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