Tobacco Road
1941 · Movie · NR · 84 min · ★ 6.8
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.
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Details
- Years
- 1941
- Release date
- 1941-02-20
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 84 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (60 votes)
Themes
- banker
- marriage
- georgia
- hillbilly
- backwoods
- sharecropper
Cast & crew
Charley Grapewin
as Jeeter Lester
Marjorie Rambeau
as Sister Bessie Rice
Gene Tierney
as Ellie May Lester
William Tracy
as Dude Lester
Elizabeth Patterson
as Ada Lester
Dana Andrews
as Capt. Tim Harmon
Slim Summerville
as Henry Peabody
Ward Bond
as Lov Bensey
Grant Mitchell
as George Payne
Zeffie Tilbury
as Grandma Lester
Directed by John Ford