
Tobacco Road
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.
Release Date: 1941-02-20
Comedy
Drama
★★★★★★★★★★ (52 votes)
Casts

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