The Southerner
1945 - ENGLISH - MOVIE
Drama
The movie is about a Texas sharecropper who tries to work for himself and lease a 68-acre tenant farm with his family but faces many challenges, including a bitter neighbor and a severe rainstorm that destroys their entire cotton crop and home. The Southerner is a 1945 American English-language Drama motion picture featuring Zachary Scott, Betty Field, J. Carrol Naish, Beulah Bondi, Percy Kilbride, Charles Kemper and Al Kunde. The movie is based on Hold Autumn in Your Hand 1941 novel by George Sessions Perry. The Southerner was Produced by Robert Hakim and David L. Loew. The movie is directed by Jean Renoir. United Artists acquired the distribution rights for the movie. The Southerner was released on 22nd December 1945 and takes a screen time of 92 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. The Southerner was made on a budget of $0 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Hugo Butler and Jean Renoir. Cinematography was done by Lucien N. Andriot and editing by Gregg C. Tallas. The music was composed by Werner Janssen. At the 1946 Venice Film Festival It won an award for Best Feature Film.
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