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Tobacco Road

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NR,1hr 24min
Genre:
Comedy
Released:
January 1, 1941
Director:
John Ford
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Starring:
Charles Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene Tierney  ...more
Synopsis: Erskine Caldwell's once-scandalous novel Tobacco Road resulted in an equally steamy stage play by Jack Kirkland, which became one of the longest-running productions in Broadway history. This story of indigence and amorality amongst inbred "poor whites" (based on people Caldwell had known while growing up in Georgia) had to be heavily expurgated for movie consumption, put there was plenty of comedy and colorful characterizations to suit the purposes of director John Ford. Charley Grapewin stars as ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Betzold, AMG Review
Novelist Erskine Caldwell wrote a sensational book of Americana about a group of poor white sharecroppers in Georgia who are turned off their land by wealthy businessmen. The novel, one of the richest and most finely detailed depictions of class struggle in the United States, became a successful play by Jack Kirkland. Nunnally Johnson adapted it for the screen, and the legendary John Ford was a natural ... Full Review
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Charles Grapewin
Jeeter Lester
Marjorie Rambeau
Sister Bessie
Gene Tierney
Ellie May Lester
William Tracy
Dude Lester
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