Tobacco Road
54 reviews
Comedy/Drama
1h 24m
1941
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...
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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.
- DirectorJohn Ford
- Release20 February 1941
- Genre
- Duration1h 24m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate54 reviews
- Productions
20th Century Fox
Cast

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

Russell Simpson
Chief of Police

Spencer Charters
County Clerk

Irving Bacon
Bank Teller

Harry Tyler
Car Salesman

Charles Halton
Mayor

George Chandler
Hotel Desk Clark

Dorothy Adams
Susie Mae (uncredited)

Mae Marsh
County Clerk's Assistant (uncredited)

Jack Pennick
Policeman

Erville Alderson

Luke Cosgrave

Francis Ford

John 'Skins' Miller

Robert Shaw
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