
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.
Top Billed Cast

Charley Grapewin
Jeeter Lester

Marjorie Rambeau
Sister Bessie Rice

Gene Tierney
Ellie May Lester

William Tracy
Dude Lester

Elizabeth Patterson
Ada Lester
Featured Crew

John Ford
Director
Erskine Caldwell
Novel
Jack Kirkland
Theatre Play

Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
David Buttolph
Music
Barbara McLean
Editor
James Basevi
Art Direction
Richard Day
Art Direction
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Arthur C. Miller
Director of Photography