Tobacco Road

1941 · directed by John Ford

Rating

66/100

Hit

no

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.

Tobacco Road (1941), directed by John Ford, rates 66/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Charley Grapewin
• Marjorie Rambeau
• Gene Tierney
• William Tracy
• Elizabeth Patterson
• Dana Andrews
• Slim Summerville
• Ward Bond
• Grant Mitchell
• Zeffie Tilbury

Crew

• Arthur C. Miller — Director of Photography
• Barbara McLean — Editor
• Nunnally Johnson — Screenplay

More from John Ford

1. Stagecoach (1939) — 97/100 · hit
2. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — 96/100 · hit
3. The Searchers (1956) — 96/100 · hit
4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — 89/100 · hit
5. My Darling Clementine (1946) — 86/100 · hit
6. How Green Was My Valley (1941) — 85/100 · hit

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