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Tobacco Road

- 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.

Release Date : 1941-02-20

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Tobacco Road

Cast

Charley Grapewin

Character Name : Jeeter Lester

Original Name : Charley Grapewin

Gender : Male

Marjorie Rambeau

Character Name : Sister Bessie Rice

Original Name : Marjorie Rambeau

Gender : Female

Gene Tierney

Character Name : Ellie May Lester

Original Name : Gene Tierney

Gender : Female

William Tracy

Character Name : Dude Lester

Original Name : William Tracy

Gender : Male

Elizabeth Patterson

Character Name : Ada Lester

Original Name : Elizabeth Patterson

Gender : Female

Dana Andrews

Character Name : Capt. Tim Harmon

Original Name : Dana Andrews

Gender : Male

Slim Summerville

Character Name : Henry Peabody

Original Name : Slim Summerville

Gender : Male

Ward Bond

Character Name : Lov Bensey

Original Name : Ward Bond

Gender : Male

Grant Mitchell

Character Name : George Payne

Original Name : Grant Mitchell

Gender : Male

Zeffie Tilbury

Character Name : Grandma Lester

Original Name : Zeffie Tilbury

Gender : Female

Russell Simpson

Character Name : Chief of Police

Original Name : Russell Simpson

Gender : Male

Spencer Charters

Character Name : County Clerk

Original Name : Spencer Charters

Gender : Male

Irving Bacon

Character Name : Bank Teller

Original Name : Irving Bacon

Gender : Male

Harry Tyler

Character Name : Car Salesman

Original Name : Harry Tyler

Gender : Male

Charles Halton

Character Name : Mayor

Original Name : Charles Halton

Gender : Male

George Chandler

Character Name : Hotel Desk Clark

Original Name : George Chandler

Gender : Male

Dorothy Adams

Character Name : Susie Mae (uncredited)

Original Name : Dorothy Adams

Gender : Female

Mae Marsh

Character Name : County Clerk's Assistant (uncredited)

Original Name : Mae Marsh

Gender : Female

Jack Pennick

Character Name : Policeman

Original Name : Jack Pennick

Gender : Male

Erville Alderson

Character Name :

Original Name : Erville Alderson

Gender : Male

Luke Cosgrave

Character Name :

Original Name : Luke Cosgrave

Gender : Male

Francis Ford

Character Name :

Original Name : Francis Ford

Gender : Male

David Hughes

Character Name :

Original Name : David Hughes

Gender : Male

John "Skins" Miller

Character Name :

Original Name : John "Skins" Miller

Gender : Male

Robert Shaw

Character Name :

Original Name : Robert Shaw

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-12-22

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 the last major landowner had given them the rights to live on the land, but just as his son "Capt. Tim" (Dana Andrews) arrives so does the bank in the form of manager "Payne" (Grant Mitchell) who informs them all that unless he can raise a rent of $100 per annum, they are going to redevelop the properties. It turns out that the captain is just as broke as the farmers, so they have to find a way to raise the cash or be prepared to move on. There's one possible solution, though. The not-so-angelically voiced "Bessie" (Marjorie Rambeau) might just be able to scrape together the cash from a recent life insurance payout to float them for long enough for the erstwhile disparate family to start planting/picking again. Then again, maybe she will just marry "Dude" (William Tracy) and buy him a new car? It's quite a fun ensemble effort this that certainly plays to rather dumb stereotype at times, but still allows Grapewin to rule the roost engagingly whilst Gene Tierney's "Ellie May" gets herself into all sorts of scrapes trying not to be a pawn in a daft marriage game. It flows along quite naturally with some light-heartedness to underpin the clear message that this is an industry left to die by a government little interested in the affairs of these plantations or their residents. You'll never remember it, but it's an easy enough watch.