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Tobacco Road is a 1941 American comedy drama film directed by John Ford and starring Charley Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene Tierney and William Tracy. It was based on the 1932 novel of the same name by Erskine Caldwell and the 1933 Broadway play that Jack Kirkland adapted from the novel. [1]
Tobacco Road: Directed by John Ford. With Charley Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene Tierney, William Tracy. Hillbilly family farm life in 1941 rural Georgia.
Jul 20, 2023 · Tobacco Road is a 1941 American comedy-drama film directed by John Ford and starring Charley Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene Tierney and William Tracy.
Dec 20, 2016 · Watch the classic 1941 comedy-drama film Tobacco Road, directed by John Ford and starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews and Charley Grapewin. See how a family of hillbillies struggle to survive in a ...
Based on the play Tobacco Road by Jack Kirkland, as produced by Jack Kirkland and Harry H. Oshrin (New York, 4 Dec 1933) and the novel Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell (New York, 1932).
Hillbilly family farm life in 1941 rural Georgia. Shiftless Jeeter Lester (Charley Grapewin) and his family of hillbilly stereotypes live in a rural backwater where their ancestors were once wealthy planters.
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.
