Tobacco Road
6.6
84 minutes
2/20/1941
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.
Cast List
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
Erville Alderson
Luke Cosgrave
Francis Ford
David Hughes
John 'Skins' Miller
Robert Shaw