NR | 1h 32min | Drama | 1945
Regarded as his most “American film” because he fell in love with America during filming, “The Southerner” secured French-born screenwriter-director Jean Renoir his only Best Director Oscar nomination.
‘The Southerner’: A Texas Farmer’s Dream
Acclaimed director Jean Renoir shows the trials and hardships of a Depression-era farmer.
Texan Sam Tucker (Zachary Scott) and wife Nona (Betty Field) have many troubles as they work their farm, in “The Southerner.” United Artists
