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.

Cast & Crew

Director

John Ford

Charley Grapewin

Jeeter Lester

Marjorie Rambeau

Sister Bessie Rice

Gene Tierney

Ellie May Lester

William Tracy

Dude Lester

Elizabeth Patterson

Ada Lester

Dana Andrews

Capt. Tim Harmon