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Midnight Movie: The Southerner

on BBC Two England

continues the season of films shown as a tribute to Jean Renoir Tonight starring
Zachary Scott , Betty Field with J. Carrol Naish
Beulah Bondi. Percy Kilbride
Migratory worker Sam Tucker decides to settle down and becomes a tenant farmer in Texas.
This poetic, but realistic, chronicle of a year in the struggle for survival by the Tucker family, against appalling odds. was one of Jean Renoir 's most successful Hollywood films.
Screenplay by JEAN RENOIR based on the novel by GEORGE SESSIONS PERRY
Producers DAVID L. LOEW. ROBERT HAKIM

Contributors

Unknown:
Zachary Scott
Unknown:
Betty Field
Unknown:
J. Carrol Naish
Unknown:
Beulah Bondi.
Unknown:
Sam Tucker
Unknown:
Jean Renoir
Play By:
Jean Renoir
Novel By:
George Sessions Perry
Producers:
David L. Loew.
Producers:
Robert Hakim
Sam Tucker:
Zachary Scott
Nona Tucker:
Betty Field
Devers:
J Carrol Naish
Granny:
Beulah Bondi
Daisy:
Jean Vanderwilt
Jot:
Jay Gilpin
Harmie:
Percy Kilbride
Ma:
Blanche Yurka
Tim:
Charles Kemper
Finley:
Norman Lloyd
Doctor:
Jack Norworth
Bartender:
Nestor Paiva
Lizzie:
Estelle Taylor
Becky:
Noreen Roth
Party girl:
Dorothy Granger

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