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Tobacco Road

Name: Tobacco Road
Director: John Ford
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1941-02-20
Cast: Charley Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene Tierney, William Tracy, Elizabeth Patterson

ComedyDrama

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 GrapewinMarjorie RambeauGene TierneyWilliam TracyElizabeth PattersonDana AndrewsSlim SummervilleWard BondGrant MitchellZeffie TilburyRussell SimpsonSpencer Charters

Director

John Ford

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