Tobacco Road

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Charley Grapewin Jeeter Lester

Marjorie Rambeau Sister Bessie Rice

Gene Tierney Ellie May Lester

William Tracy Dude Lester

Elizabeth Patterson Ada Lester