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The Southerner is a 1945 American drama film directed by Jean Renoir. The screenplay was written by Hugo Butler, William Faulkner, Nunnally Johnson, and Jean Renoir. The cast includes Zachary Scott, Betty Field, J. Carrol Naish, and Beulah Bondi. The film was produced by Robert and Raymond Hakim and distributed by United Artists and Netflix.
Set on a farm in Texas, the narrative focuses on family, sharecropping, vocation, and poverty. The production involved Lucien Andriot as director of photography, Gregg G. Tallas as film editor, and Eugène Lourié as production designer. The score was composed by Werner Janssen. The black-and-white movie has a runtime of 92 minutes.
The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director and another for Best Sound. It was also named one of the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. The story is presented in English.
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6.6Sam 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. Can they make it as farmers?
Cast
- Zachary Scott as Sam Tucker
- Betty Field as Nona Tucker
- J. Carrol Naish as Devers
- Beulah Bondi as Granny Tucker
- Percy Kilbride as W. Harmie
- Charles Kemper as Tim
Themes
- texas
- migrant farmworker
- farmer
- sharecropper
- cotton picker
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Jean Renoir
- Screenwriter
- Jean Renoir
- Cast member
- Almira Sessions
- Composer
- Werner Janssen
- Producer
- Robert and Raymond Hakim
- Cinematographer
- Lucien Andriot
- Narrative location
- Texas
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 420259
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Zachary Scott-Betty Field in The Southerner.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Southerner (1945 film)
- publication date
- 1945-01-01
- title
- The Southerner
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- color
- black-and-white
- film editor
- Gregg G. Tallas
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Eugène Lourié
- set in environment
- farm
- set in period
- 1940s
- review score
- 93%
- copyright status
- public domain
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