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Tobacco Road

1941·84 min

Tobacco Road

Directed by John Ford

ComedyDrama

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

Ellie May Lester

Dude Lester

Crew

Nunnally Johnson

Screenplay

Darryl F. Zanuck

Producer

Arthur C. Miller

Director of Photography

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Elizabeth Patterson

Ada Lester

Capt. Tim Harmon

Slim Summerville

Henry Peabody

Lov Bensey

George Payne

Grandma Lester

Russell Simpson

Chief of Police

Spencer Charters

County Clerk

Bank Teller

Car Salesman

Mayor

George Chandler

Hotel Desk Clark

Susie Mae (uncredited)

County Clerk's Assistant (uncredited)

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Erville Alderson

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Tobacco Road (1941) is about 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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John Ford directed Tobacco Road (1941).

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