Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road (1941)

ON THE SCREEN AT LAST! The Picture you've waited eight years to see...Picturized by the men who gave you "GRAPES OF WRATH"

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.

Date of release
1941-02-20
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (61)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
John Ford

Casting

  • 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

Recommended