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Tobacco Road (1941)

NR · 1941-02-20 · 1h 24m · EN
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ON THE SCREEN AT LAST! The Picture you've waited eight years to see...Picturized by the men who gave you "GRAPES OF WRATH"

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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Charley GrapewinCharley GrapewinJeeter LesterMarjorie RambeauMarjorie RambeauSister Bessie RiceGene TierneyGene TierneyEllie May LesterWilliam TracyWilliam TracyDude LesterElizabeth PattersonElizabeth PattersonAda LesterDana AndrewsDana AndrewsCapt. Tim HarmonSlim SummervilleSlim SummervilleHenry PeabodyWard BondWard BondLov BenseyGrant MitchellGrant MitchellGeorge PayneZeffie TilburyZeffie TilburyGrandma LesterSpencer ChartersSpencer ChartersCounty ClerkRussell SimpsonRussell SimpsonChief of Police

Keywords

BackwoodsHillbillyMarriageBankerGeorgiaSharecropper

Movie DNA

Genre affinityComedy · DramaTheme affinityBackwoods · Hillbilly · MarriageDialogue densityComedy · DramaPacingShortDirector preference159825Actor preference139710 · 223478 · 197010

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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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Tobacco Road has a runtime of 84 minutes.

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