Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road

6.8IMDb Score
Released:1941-02-20
Duration:84 min
Director:John Ford
Actors:Charley Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene Tierney, William Tracy, Elizabeth Patterson
Production:20th Century Fox

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.

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