Tobacco Road (1941)

Director
John Ford

Main cast
Charley Grapewin; Marjorie Rambeau; Gene Tierney; William Tracy; Elizabeth Patterson

Genres
Comedy, Drama

Description
Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of hillbilly stereotypes live in a rural backwater 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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