Tobacco Road (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 over the land for more profitable farming.
- Released
- 1941-02-20
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- John Ford, Nunnally Johnson
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 61 votes
Cast
- 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
- Russell Simpson as Chief of Police
- Spencer Charters as County Clerk