Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road
1941ComedyDrama84 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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 f... read more

  • John Ford

    Director

  • Nunnally Johnson

    Screenplay

  • Erskine Caldwell

    Novel

  • Jack Kirkland

    Theatre Play

  • Arthur C. Miller

    Director of Photography

  • Barbara McLean

    Editor

  • Charley Grapewin

    Jeeter Lester

  • Marjorie Rambeau

    Sister Bessie Rice

  • Gene Tierney

    Ellie May Lester

  • William Tracy

    Dude Lester

  • Elizabeth Patterson

    Ada Lester

  • Dana Andrews

    Capt. Tim Harmon

  • Slim Summerville

    Henry Peabody

  • Ward Bond

    Lov Bensey

  • Grant Mitchell

    George Payne

  • Zeffie Tilbury

    Grandma Lester

  • Spencer Charters

    County Clerk

  • Russell Simpson

    Chief of Police

  • Dorothy Adams

    Susie Mae (uncredited)

  • Mae Marsh

    County Clerk's Assistant (uncredited)

  • Jack Pennick

    Policeman

  • Charles Halton

    Mayor

  • George Chandler

    Hotel Desk Clark

  • Harry Tyler

    Car Salesman

  • Irving Bacon

    Bank Teller

    • Runtime

    84 minutes

    Released

    1941-02-20

    Languages

    English

    Italiano

    Español

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    20th Century Fox

    Sound

  • David Buttolph

    Music

    • Updated

    1022 days ago

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