the southerner be a very good film star zachary scott and betty field and beulah bondi and norman lloyd and j. carrol naish and and blanche yurka . it the story of a man and sam tucker and working a a cotton picker along with his wife and parent . a his father lay die in the field and he tell his son to own his own land . sam quit his job and make arrangement to work the land of his former bos and with the goal of ownership . he not welcome by his close neighbor ( naish ) and the house on the land be nothing but a shack . the family nearly starve during the winter while the daughter can not go to school because she doesn not have a coat while his son fall ill with spring sickness ( probably rickets ) . nevertheless and sam and nona ( field ) keep work and sam knowing that work the land and feel the sun be the only way he can live . this be a very absorbing film . you not only see and but feel the struggle of the family and how hard they work no matter the odds and with strength and determination . betty field be a good choice a nona she plain and tire look and with a bright smile . the devotion she have to sam and he to her be very touching . a a couple and she and scott be very effective . beulah bondi be very good a the irascible and annoy and wizened grandmother either complaining or predicting doom and gloom . naish give an excellent performance a a jealous and unhelpful neighbor and and norman lloyd be appropriately slimy a his worker . it always hard to relate the skinny lloyd and who usually play villain and with the old and revere dr. auschlander in st. elsewhere he have quite a career . a of this writing and he 93 and still work . zachary scott be okay a sam but it not a comfortable fit . the part require more warmth and more depth and and more internal grit while it a henry fonda role . still and for not be scott normal type of sophisticated or villainous part and he handle it well . a good film and beautifully direct by jean renoir and who be nominate for an oscar . there be some stunning cinematic moment a well . worth watch for sure .