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