Tobacco Road

Synopsis

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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Cast

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

Slim Summerville

Henry Peabody

Ward Bond

Lov Bensey

Grant Mitchell

George Payne

Zeffie Tilbury

Grandma Lester

Russell Simpson

Chief of Police

Spencer Charters

County Clerk

Irving Bacon

Bank Teller

Harry Tyler

Car Salesman