Year:1941
Director:John Ford
Written by:Erskine Caldwell (Novel), Jack Kirkland (Theatre Play), Nunnally Johnson (Screenplay)
Script Synopsis: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 ( tt0034297 ) at IMDb
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