Tobacco Road Poster

Tobacco Road

66.00%|February 20, 1941|Comedy, Drama

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.

Featured Crew

John Ford
Director
Erskine Caldwell
Novel
Jack Kirkland
Theatre Play

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

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