The Southerner

About The Southerner

Sam Tucker, a cotton picker, in search of a better future for his family, decides to grow his own cotton crop. In the first year, the Tuckers battle disease, a flood, and a jealous neighbor.

The Southerner is a 1945 drama film directed by Jean Renoir. Its themes are texas, farmer, sharecropper, and migrant farmworker.

Zachary Scott takes the lead as Sam Tucker, Betty Field as Nona Tucker, J. Carrol Naish as Devers, and Beulah Bondi as Granny Tucker. At 92 minutes long, it arrived in April 1945.

The screenplay is by Jean Renoir and Nunnally Johnson. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Artiflix.

Days of Heaven, God's Own Country, and Our Hero, Balthazar make useful companions to The Southerner. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 71 votes.