Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road
Release: 1941-02-20
·Runtime: 84m
·★ 6.6
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Cast
Ward Bond
as Lov Bensey
Zeffie Tilbury
as Grandma Lester
Charles Halton
as Mayor
Marjorie Rambeau
as Sister Bessie Rice
Gene Tierney
as Ellie May Lester
Elizabeth Patterson
as Ada Lester
Dana Andrews
as Capt. Tim Harmon
Grant Mitchell
as George Payne
Russell Simpson
as Chief of Police
Spencer Charters
as County Clerk
Jack Pennick
as Policeman
Harry Tyler
as Car Salesman
George Chandler
as Hotel Desk Clark
Dorothy Adams
as Susie Mae (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
as County Clerk's Assistant (uncredited)
Luke Cosgrave
John 'Skins' Miller
Robert Shaw
Charley Grapewin
as Jeeter Lester
William Tracy
as Dude Lester
Slim Summerville
as Henry Peabody
Irving Bacon
as Bank Teller
Erville Alderson
Francis Ford
