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The Vintage Years of Hollywood: 1941: John Ford's Tobacco Road

on BBC Two England

Starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews

Debt forces the Lesters, a poor white family in the Deep South, to leave their home. They set off with their possessions for the local poor farm, but on the way meet young Dr. Tim. He gives them a lift back to their own farm and pays six months' rent for them. He buys some seed for them to plant, and the inevitable has been staved off for a little longer.

Contributors

Director:
John Ford
Scenario:
Nunnally Johnson
Based on the novel by:
Erskine Caldwell
Producer:
Darryl F. Zanuck
Ellie May:
Gene Tierney
Dr. Tim:
Dana Andrews
Jeeter Lester:
Charley Grapewin
Sister Bessie:
Marjorie Rambeau
Dude Lester:
William Tracy
Ada Lester:
Elizabeth Patterson
Peabody:
Slim Summerville
Lov:
Ward Bond
George Payne:
Grant Mitchell
Grandma:
Zoffie Tilbury
Man on road:
Francis Ford

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