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.
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Tobacco Road
- Overview
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- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Feb 20, 1941
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
User Score
66%
Original Title
Tobacco Road
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Director
John Ford
Description
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.