Tobacco Road poster

Tobacco Road( 1941)

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

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Charley Grapewin

      Jeeter Lester

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      Marjorie Rambeau

      Sister Bessie Rice

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      Gene Tierney

      Ellie May Lester

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      William Tracy

      Dude Lester

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      Elizabeth Patterson

      Ada Lester

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      Dana Andrews

      Capt. Tim Harmon

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      Slim Summerville

      Henry Peabody

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      Ward Bond

      Lov Bensey

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      Grant Mitchell

      George Payne

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      Zeffie Tilbury

      Grandma Lester

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      Russell Simpson

      Chief of Police

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      Spencer Charters

      County Clerk

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      Irving Bacon

      Bank Teller

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      Harry Tyler

      Car Salesman

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      Charles Halton

      Mayor

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      George Chandler

      Hotel Desk Clark

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      Dorothy Adams

      Susie Mae (uncredited)

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      Mae Marsh

      County Clerk's Assistant (uncredited)

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      Jack Pennick

      Policeman

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      Erville Alderson

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      Luke Cosgrave

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      Francis Ford

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      David Hughes

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      John "Skins" Miller

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      Robert Shaw

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Dec 22 2024
    Charley Grapewin's "Jeeter" is the epitome of the collapsed grandeur of the once prosperous tobacco road in Georgia. Formerly the hub of cotton and tobacco growing, it's now largely dilapidated with those left scrounging and scraping to make any kind of living. Until now, they have been fortunate as the last major landowner had given them the rights to live on the land, but just as his son "Capt. Tim" (Dana Andrews) arrives so does the bank in the form of manager "Payne" (Grant Mitchell) who informs them all that unless he can raise a rent of $100 per annum, they are going to redevelop the prop...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • banker
    • marriage
    • georgia
    • hillbilly
    • backwoods
    • sharecropper