- Overview
Here is a graphic picture of the tobacco harvest in southwestern Ontario. At the end of July, transient field workers move in for a brief bonanza when the plant is ripe. The tobacco harvesters call it "the back-breaking leaf."
- Release Date
02 January 1959
- DirectingGilles Gascon
- Budget
$0.00
- Revenue
$0.00
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