Shiftless Jeeter Lester (Charley Grapewin) and his family of hillbilly stereotypes live in a rural backwater 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; subplots involve the affairs and marriages of son Dude (William Tracy) and daughter Ellie May (Gene Tierney).
Directed By
John FordWritten By
Nunnally Johnson, Jack Kirkland, Erskine CaldwellStudio
20th Century FoxWatch on these services
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