February 20, 1941
84 minutes
ComedyDrama
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.
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Cast
Charley Grapewin
(Jeeter Lester)
Marjorie Rambeau
(Sister Bessie Rice)
Gene Tierney
(Ellie May Lester)
William Tracy
(Dude Lester)
Elizabeth Patterson
(Ada 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)
Charles Halton
(Mayor)
George Chandler
(Hotel Desk Clark)
Dorothy Adams
(Susie Mae (uncredited))
Mae Marsh
(County Clerk's Assistant (uncredited))
Jack Pennick
(Policeman)
Erville Alderson
()
Luke Cosgrave
()
Francis Ford
()
David Hughes
()
John 'Skins' Miller
()
Robert Shaw
()
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