Tobacco Road (film)

:"This article is about the film. For the novel, see Tobacco Road. For the play, see Tobacco Road." Infobox Film
name = Tobacco Road


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director = John Ford
producer = Darryl F. Zanuck
writer = Nunnally Johnson (screenplay)
Erskine Caldwell (novel)
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starring = Charley Grapewin
Gene Tierney
Dana Andrews
Marjorie Rambeau
music = David Buttolph
cinematography = Arthur Miller
editing = Barbara McLean
distributor = Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
released = February 20, 1941
runtime = 84 minutes
country = US
language = English
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gross = $1,900,000 (USA) ( 1973)
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imdb_id = tt0034297

"Tobacco Road" is a 1941 Comedy film directed by John Ford starring Charley Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene Tierney, William Tracy and Dana Andrews. It was based on the novel of the same name by Erskine Caldwell, but the plot was altered for the film. [Crowther, Bosley. [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D02E7DF133DE33BBC4951DFB466838A659EDE "Tobacco Road (1941)",] "New York Times", February 21, 1941]

Cast

*Charley Grapewin as Jeeter Lester
*Marjorie Rambeau as Sister Bessie Rice
*Gene Tierney as Ellie May Lester
*William Tracy as Dude Lester
*Elizabeth Patterson as Ada Lester
*Dana Andrews as Capt. Tim Harmon
*Ward Bond as Lov Bensey
*Zeffie Tilbury as Grandma Lester

References

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* [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-521&sug=y New Georgia Encyclopedia article on Tobacco Road]
* [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=93489 TCM synopsis]