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30 April 1945 (USA) morePlot:
The life of the poor Tucker family, that worked as cotton pluggers and decided to get their own ground, but nature is against them. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win moreUser Comments:
Southern family battling neighbors and nature moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Zachary Scott | ... | Sam Tucker | |
| Betty Field | ... | Nona Tucker | |
| J. Carrol Naish | ... | Devers | |
| Beulah Bondi | ... | Granny Tucker | |
| Percy Kilbride | ... | Harmie | |
| Charles Kemper | ... | Tim | |
| Blanche Yurka | ... | Mama Tucker | |
| Norman Lloyd | ... | Finlay | |
| Estelle Taylor | ... | Lizzie | |
| Paul Harvey | ... | Ruston | |
| Noreen Nash | ... | Becky Devers | |
| Jack Norworth | ... | Dr. White | |
| Nestor Paiva | ... | Bartender | |
| Paul E. Burns | ... | Uncle Pete Tucker (as Paul Burns) | |
| Jay Gilpin | ... | Jot Tucker |
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Sweden:BtlFilming Locations:
General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USAFun Stuff
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The films showing at the local movie theatre are Vogues of 1938 (1937) and Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939). moreFAQ
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"The Southerner" is a very good film starring Zachary Scott, Betty Field, Beulah Bondi, Norman Lloyd, J. Carrol Naish, and Blanche Yurka. It's the story of a man, Sam Tucker, working as a cotton picker along with his wife and parents. As his father lays dying in the field, he tells his son to own his own land. Sam quits his job and makes arrangements to work the land of his former boss, with the goal of ownership. He's not welcome by his closest neighbor (Naish) and the house on the land is nothing but a shack. The family nearly starves during the winter; the daughter can't go to school because she doesn't have a coat; his son falls ill with "spring sickness" (probably rickets). Nevertheless, Sam and Nona (Field) keep working, Sam knowing that working the land and feeling the sun is the only way he can live.
This is a very absorbing film. You not only see, but feel the struggles of the family and how hard they work no matter the odds, with strength and determination.
Betty Field was a good choice as Nona - she's plain and tired-looking, with a bright smile. The devotion she has to Sam and he to her is very touching. As a couple, she and Scott are very effective. Beulah Bondi is very good as the irascible, annoying, wizened grandmother either complaining or predicting doom and gloom. Naish gives an excellent performance as a jealous and unhelpful neighbor, and Norman Lloyd is appropriately slimy as his worker. It's always hard to relate the skinny Lloyd, who usually played villains, with the older, revered Dr. Auschlander in "St. Elsewhere" - he's had quite a career. As of this writing, he's 93 and still working.
Zachary Scott is okay as Sam but it's not a comfortable fit. The part required more warmth, more depth, and more internal grit; it's a Henry Fonda role. Still, for not being Scott's normal type of sophisticated or villainous part, he handles it well.
A good film, beautifully directed by Jean Renoir, who was nominated for an Oscar. There are some stunning cinematic moments as well. Worth watching for sure.