Tobacco Road backdrop

Tobacco Road 1941 Directed by John Ford

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Comedy , Drama
Production Company 20th Century Fox
Release Date 20 February 1941
84 mins
Cast
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