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Tobacco Road

1941 · 84 min

A bittersweet, folksy comedy-drama that balances slapstick humor with the quiet desperation of rural poverty.

Tagline
ON THE SCREEN AT LAST! The Picture you've waited eight years to see...Picturized by the men who gave you "GRAPES OF WRATH"
Overview
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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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • family
  • class
  • survival
  • greed
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
John Ford
Written by
Nunnally Johnson
Starring
Charley Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene Tierney, William Tracy, Elizabeth Patterson, Dana Andrews, Slim Summerville, Ward Bond
Cinematography
Arthur C. Miller
Runtime
84 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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