Tobacco Road (1941)
- Directed by
- John Ford
- Genre
- comedy, drama
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 60 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A poor family in rural Georgia struggles to hold onto their farm during the Great Depression. The father schemes to avoid eviction while dealing with his eccentric relatives and their chaotic lives.
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What happens
Tobacco Road is a 1941 American comedy drama film directed by John Ford and starring Charley Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene Tierney and William Tracy. It was based on the 1932 novel of the same name by Erskine Caldwell and the 1933 Broadway play that Jack Kirkland adapted from the novel. The plot was rewritten for the film by Nunnally Johnson, who had worked with Ford on The Grapes of Wrath the previous year; the plot was altered to fit Production Code demands for a lighter tone while retaining plot elements. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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