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Tobacco Road

(1941)

February 20, 1941• 1h 24m
67%
TMDB Score

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

Director

Top Billed Cast

CG

Charley Grapewin

Jeeter Lester

MR

Marjorie Rambeau

Sister Bessie Rice

GT

Gene Tierney

Ellie May Lester

WT

William Tracy

Dude Lester

EP

Elizabeth Patterson

Ada Lester

DA

Dana Andrews

Capt. Tim Harmon

SS

Slim Summerville

Henry Peabody

WB

Ward Bond

Lov Bensey

GM

Grant Mitchell

George Payne

ZT

Zeffie Tilbury

Grandma Lester