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

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

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Charley Grapewin's "Jeeter" is the epitome of the collapsed grandeur of the once prosperous tobacco road in Georgia. Formerly the hub of cotton and tobacco growing, it's now largely dilapidated with those left scrounging and scraping to make any kind of living. Until now, they have been fortunate as...

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