Tobacco Road (film) box office, and it had grossed up to $1.9 million by 1973. Tobacco Road (film) Tobacco Road is a 1941 film directed by John Ford and starring Charley Grapewin, Marjorie Rambeau, Gene Tierney, William Tracy Dana Andrews and Ward Bond. It was based on the novel of the same name by Erskine Caldwell, but the plot was rewritten for the film. Studios attempting to acquire the screen rights to the novel date back to 1933. RKO Pictures and Warner Bros. considered buying the rights, the first intending to assign Charles Laughton in the lead role, but were discouraged from doing
Tobacco Road (song) Mark Lindsay also made a "Remix" of this song in their compilation CD "The Legend of Paul Revere" released May 6, 1990. Also listed in Wikipedia under 'Mark Lindsay' who was the lead singer of Paul Revere & The Raiders it states under Production Credits: "Tobacco Road" (1977), United Artists - Ritchie Lecea, exec. producer, single. Tennessee rockers, Every Mother's Nightmare, included the song on their 1993 Arista Records release, "Wake Up Screaming". Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle included the song on their 2016 duo album "Colvin & Earle". David Bowie refers to 'Tobacco Road' in Dirty Boys on The