Tobacco Road
movie
ON THE SCREEN AT LAST! The Picture you've waited eight years to see...Picturized by the men who gave you "GRAPES OF WRATH"
Released February 20, 1941
Overview
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.
Cast
Charley Grapewin
as
Jeeter Lester
Marjorie Rambeau
as
Sister Bessie Rice
Gene Tierney
as
Ellie May Lester
William Tracy
as
Dude Lester
Elizabeth Patterson
as
Ada Lester
Dana Andrews
as
Capt. Tim Harmon
Slim Summerville
as
Henry Peabody
Ward Bond
as
Lov Bensey
Grant Mitchell
as
George Payne
Zeffie Tilbury
as
Grandma Lester
Russell Simpson
as
Chief of Police
Spencer Charters
as
County Clerk
Crew
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Jack Kirkland
as
Theatre Play
Nunnally Johnson
as
Screenplay
John Ford
as
Director
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Erskine Caldwell
as
Novel
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James Basevi
as
Art Direction
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Darryl F. Zanuck
as
Producer
Barbara McLean
as
Editor
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Thomas Little
as
Set Decoration
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Richard Day
as
Art Direction
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David Buttolph
as
Music
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Arthur C. Miller
as
Director of Photography