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Tobacco Road

6.6 84 mins Comedy   Drama   1941
20th Century Fox  
Director(s): John Ford

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.

Casts of Tobacco Road

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

Irving Bacon

as Bank Teller

Harry Tyler

as Car Salesman

Charles Halton

as Mayor

George Chandler

as Hotel Desk Clark

Dorothy Adams

as Susie Mae (uncredited)

Mae Marsh

as County Clerk's Assistant (uncredited)

Jack Pennick

as Policeman

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