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Tobacco Road (1941)

NR ★ 6.8/10 84 min Comedy, Drama United States English
Director: John Ford
Novel: Erskine Caldwell
Theatre Play: Jack Kirkland
Screenplay by: Nunnally Johnson
Streaming: Not available
ON THE SCREEN AT LAST! The Picture you've waited eight years to see...Picturized by the men who gave you "GRAPES OF WRATH"

Description

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.

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

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