Ben Mankiewicz Intro - The Southerner (1945)

Southerner, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) As Good As Any Man

Granny (Beulah Bondi) griping as Sam (Zachary Scott) and Nona (Betty Field) arrive at their new share-cropping farm, artfully presented in director Jean Renoir's American pastoral, The Southerner, 1945.

Southerner, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Grow Your Own Crops

Uncle Pete (Paul Burns) goes down in a Texas cotton field, Sam (Zachary Scott) and Nona (Betty Field) ministering as best they can, the first dramatic scene from Jean Renoir's independent American film, The Southerner, 1945.

Southerner, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) What It Cost Me

New share-cropping neighbor Sam (Zachary Scott) visits Devers (J. Carrol Naish) seeking a favor, their complex first meeting in director Jean Renoir's The Southerner, 1945, from a novel by George Sessions Perry.