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Tobacco Road

66.2 %|Feb 20, 1941|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.

Featured Crew

John Ford
Director
Jack Kirkland
Theatre Play
Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay
Erskine Caldwell
Novel
Richard Day
Art Direction
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
David Buttolph
Music
Barbara McLean
Editor

Cast

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Charley Grapewin
Jeeter Lester
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Marjorie Rambeau
Sister Bessie Rice
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Gene Tierney
Ellie May Lester
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William Tracy
Dude Lester
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Dana Andrews
Capt. Tim Harmon
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Slim Summerville
Henry Peabody
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Ward Bond
Lov Bensey
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Grant Mitchell
George Payne
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Zeffie Tilbury
Grandma Lester
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Russell Simpson
Chief of Police
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Spencer Charters
County Clerk
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Irving Bacon
Bank Teller
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Harry Tyler
Car Salesman
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George Chandler
Hotel Desk Clark
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Dorothy Adams
Susie Mae (uncredited)
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Mae Marsh
County Clerk's Assistant (uncredited)
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Jack Pennick
Policeman