Tobacco Road (1941)

Tobacco Road (1941)

1h 24min. // Jeeter Lester and his hillbilly family live in a rural backwater 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.

 

Directed by: John Ford

Writing Credits: Erskine Caldwell (novel), Nunnally Johnson (screenplay)

Starring: Charley Grapewin (as Jeeter), Marjorie Rambeau (as Sister Bessie), Gene Tierney (as Ellie May), William Tracy (as Dude Lester)

 

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Ward Bond and Charley Grapewin in Tobacco Road (1941)

Gene Tierney and Ward Bond in Tobacco Road (1941)

 

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