The Southerner

Tells the story of a young man who decides to strike out on his own, leaving a safe job to grow cotton on a derelict farm. Stars Zachary Scott, Betty Field and Beulah Bondi. Directed by Jean Renoir. , A: Access CP: Composite Positive AC: Acetate B: 800' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Black & White Sound Jean Renoir Director: Jean Renoir

Sam Tucker (Zachary Scott) is a migrant worker in Texas picking cotton in a sunbaked field. He, Nona, their children Daisy and Jot, and "Granny" (Beulah Bondi) set out to work a vacant tenant farm with little more than two mules, a second-hand plow, and some cotton seed and fertilizer. Sam and his family nearly freeze and starve during their first winter on the farm, surviving largely on a limited diet of opossums, raccoons, and small game. As spring arrives, Jot falls ill with "spring sickness"