Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road

84 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 20, 1941

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.

Tobacco Road

84 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 20, 1941

Tobacco Road
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Tobacco Road
Directors John Ford
Writers Jack Kirkland, Erskine Caldwell, Nunnally Johnson

Cast

Charley Grapewin

as Jeeter Lester

Marjorie Rambeau

as Sister Bessie Rice

Gene Tierney

as Ellie May Lester

William Tracy

as Dude Lester

Elizabeth Patterson

as Ada Lester

Dana Andrews

as Capt. Tim Harmon

Slim Summerville

as Henry Peabody

Ward Bond

as Lov Bensey

Grant Mitchell

as George Payne

Zeffie Tilbury

as Grandma Lester

Spencer Charters

as County Clerk

Russell Simpson

as Chief of Police

Dorothy Adams

as Susie Mae (uncredited)

Mae Marsh

as County Clerk's Assistant (uncredited)

Jack Pennick

as Policeman

Charles Halton

as Mayor

George Chandler

as Hotel Desk Clark

Harry Tyler

as Car Salesman

Irving Bacon

as Bank Teller