Tobacco Road

6.6
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Run time: 84 min
  • Premiere: 1941. February 20.

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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Charley Grapewin

Jeeter Lester

Marjorie Rambeau

Sister Bessie Rice

Gene Tierney

Ellie May Lester

William Tracy

Dude 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

George Chandler

Hotel Desk Clark

Dorothy Adams

Susie Mae (uncredited)

Mae Marsh

County Clerk's Assistant (uncredited)

Jack Pennick

Policeman

Art

James Basevi

Art Direction

Richard Day

Art Direction

Thomas Little

Set Decoration

Camera

Arthur C. Miller

Director of Photography

Directing

John Ford

Director

Editing

Production

Sound

Writing

Jack Kirkland

Theatre Play

Nunnally Johnson

Screenplay

Art

James Basevi

Art Direction

Richard Day

Art Direction

Thomas Little

Set Decoration

Camera

Arthur C. Miller

Director of Photography

Directing

John Ford

Director

Editing

Production

Sound

Writing

Jack Kirkland

Theatre Play

Nunnally Johnson

Screenplay