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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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Feb 20, 1941
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Charley Grapewin
Jeeter Lester
M
Marjorie Rambeau
Sister Bessie Rice
G
Gene Tierney
Ellie May Lester
W
William Tracy
Dude Lester
E
Elizabeth Patterson
Ada Lester
D
Dana Andrews
Capt. Tim Harmon
S
Slim Summerville
Henry Peabody
W
Ward Bond
Lov Bensey
G
Grant Mitchell
George Payne
Z
Zeffie Tilbury
Grandma Lester
R
Russell Simpson
Chief of Police
S
Spencer Charters
County Clerk
I
Irving Bacon
Bank Teller
H
Harry Tyler
Car Salesman
C
Charles Halton
Mayor
G
George Chandler
Hotel Desk Clark
D
Dorothy Adams
Susie Mae (uncredited)
M
Mae Marsh
County Clerk's Assistant (uncredited)
J
Jack Pennick
Policeman
E
Erville Alderson
