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Tobacco Road
ON THE SCREEN AT LAST! The Picture you've waited eight years to see...Picturized by the men who gave you "GRAPES OF WRATH"
6.8(61)19411h 24m
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.
- Director
- John Ford
- Writers
- Nunnally Johnson
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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
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Crew
Directing
- John FordDirector
Writing
- Erskine CaldwellNovel
- Jack KirklandTheatre Play
- Nunnally JohnsonScreenplay
Production
- Darryl F. ZanuckProducer
Camera
- Arthur C. MillerDirector of Photography
Editing
- Barbara McLeanEditor
Sound
- David ButtolphMusic
Art
- James BaseviArt Direction
- Richard DayArt Direction
- Thomas LittleSet Decoration