Tobacco Road (film)

Tobacco Road
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Ford
Screenplay by	Nunnally Johnson
Based on	Tobacco Road 1932 novel Tobacco Road 1933 play by Erskine Caldwell (novel) Jack Kirkland (play)
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring	Charley Grapewin Marjorie Rambeau Gene Tierney William Tracy
Cinematography	Arthur C. Miller
Edited by	Barbara McLean
Music by	David Buttolph
Color process	Black and white
Production company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	March 7, 1941 (1941-03-07)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,900,000 (US) (1973)

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.^[1] 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.^[2]