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Tobacco Road (1941)

1h 24m · 20 Feb 1941

ON THE SCREEN AT LAST! The Picture you've waited eight years to see...Picturized by the men who gave you "GRAPES OF WRATH"

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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.

Movie ID128384
GenreComedy, Drama
DirectorJohn Ford
Main castCharley Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene Tierney, William Tracy, Elizabeth Patterson, Dana Andrews, Slim Summerville, Ward Bond
Release date20 February 1941
Release year1941
LanguageEnglish
Duration84 min (1h 24m)
Rating6.7 / 10 (TMDB)
Production house20th Century Fox

Director: John Ford
Writers: Nunnally Johnson

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Charley GrapewinJeeter Lester Marjorie RambeauSister Bessie Rice Gene TierneyEllie May Lester William TracyDude Lester Elizabeth PattersonAda Lester Dana AndrewsCapt. Tim Harmon Slim SummervilleHenry Peabody Ward BondLov Bensey Grant MitchellGeorge Payne Zeffie TilburyGrandma Lester Russell SimpsonChief of Police Spencer ChartersCounty Clerk Irving BaconBank Teller Harry TylerCar Salesman Charles HaltonMayor George ChandlerHotel Desk Clark Dorothy AdamsSusie Mae (uncredited) Mae MarshCounty Clerk's Assistant (uncredited) Jack PennickPoliceman Erville Alderson

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