Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road

6.6 | 1941-02-20 | 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

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

Cast

Charley Grapewin
Charley Grapewin
Jeeter Lester
Marjorie Rambeau
Marjorie Rambeau
Sister Bessie Rice
Gene Tierney
Gene Tierney
Ellie May Lester
William Tracy
William Tracy
Dude Lester
Dana Andrews
Dana Andrews
Capt. Tim Harmon
Slim Summerville
Slim Summerville
Henry Peabody
Ward Bond
Ward Bond
Lov Bensey
Grant Mitchell
Grant Mitchell
George Payne
Zeffie Tilbury
Zeffie Tilbury
Grandma Lester

Images

Recommendation Movies

The Baker's Wife
The Baker's Wife
7.4 | 1938-09-07
Comedy Drama
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
Let's Scare Jessica to Death
6.2 | 1971-08-27
Horror Mystery Drama
The Human Tornado
The Human Tornado
6.2 | 1976-10-02
Action Comedy Drama
The Whole Town's Talking
The Whole Town's Talking
6.7 | 1935-02-22
Comedy Crime
Sex Hygiene
Sex Hygiene
5.1 | 1942-02-01
Drama
The Beach
The Beach
6.487 | 2000-02-03
Drama Adventure Romance Thriller
The Place Beyond the Pines
The Place Beyond the Pines
7 | 2013-03-20
Drama Crime
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home
7.949 | 2021-12-15
Action Adventure Science Fiction
The Tomorrow War
The Tomorrow War
7.517 | 2021-09-03
Action Science Fiction Adventure
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
8.347 | 2023-05-31
Animation Action Adventure Science Fiction