Tobacco Road

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

Mar 7 1941 Approved 1h 24m
Comedy, Drama

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.

Plot

Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of hillbilly stereotypes live in a rural backwater 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; subplots involve the affairs and marriages of son Dude and daughter Ellie May.

Written by

Nunnally Johnson, Jack Kirkland, Erskine Caldwell

Directed by

John Ford

Cast

Charley Grapewin, Gene Tierney, Marjorie Rambeau

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
2,695
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA