The Southerner

Tired of struggling so that he and his family can merely get by, sharecropper Sam Tucker (Zachary Scott) finally gets the opportunity to rent a patch of his own. The following year that the clan spends struggling to bring in a cotton crop--in the face of illness, spiteful neighbors, and the unforgiving elements--is movingly told in director Jean Renoir's foremost American effort. Betty Field, Beulah Bondi, J. Carrol Naish, Norman Lloyd also star. 92 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; bonus documentaries "The River" (1938), "A Salute to France" (1944).