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.
Charley Grapewin
Jeeter Lester
Marjorie Rambeau
Sister Bessie Rice
Gene Tierney
Ellie May Lester
William Tracy
Dude Lester
Elizabeth Patterson
Ada Lester
Dana Andrews
Capt. Tim Harmon
Slim Summerville
Henry Peabody
Ward Bond
Lov Bensey
Grant Mitchell
George Payne
Zeffie Tilbury
Grandma Lester
Russell Simpson
Chief of Police
Spencer Charters
County Clerk
Irving Bacon
Bank Teller
Harry Tyler
Car Salesman
Charles Halton
Mayor
George Chandler
Hotel Desk Clark
Dorothy Adams
Susie Mae (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
County Clerk's Assistant (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Policeman
Erville Alderson
Luke Cosgrave
Francis Ford
David Hughes
John 'Skins' Miller
Robert Shaw
John Ford
Director
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Aug 27, 1980
May 25, 2006
Apr 8, 2022
Nov 17, 2022
Feb 14, 2006
Mar 23, 2017
Jul 7, 2009
Jul 20, 2006
Oct 22, 2004
Jul 11, 2024
Mar 10, 2023
Aug 10, 2013
Aug 15, 1932
Nov 18, 1970
Aug 6, 2021
Oct 6, 2025
20th Century Fox
US
United States
English
