---
title: 'The Southerner (1945)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jean Renoir'
released: '1945-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-southerner-1945'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038107/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Southerner (1945)

1945 · 92 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Southerner is a 1945 American drama film directed by Jean Renoir and based on the 1941 novel Hold Autumn in Your Hand by George Sessions Perry. The film received Oscar nominations for Best Director, Original Music Score, and Sound. Renoir was named Best Director by the National Board of Review, which also named the film the third best of 1945. The film portrays the hardships of a poor family struggling to establish a cotton farm in Texas in the early 1940s.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jean Renoir](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-renoir)
- **Screenplay:** [Jean Renoir](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-renoir), [William Faulkner](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-faulkner), [Hugo Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-butler), [Nunnally Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/nunnally-johnson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Werner Janssen](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-janssen)
- **Producer:** [David L. Loew](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-l-loew), [Robert and Raymond Hakim](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-and-raymond-hakim)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lucien Andriot](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucien-andriot)
- **Editor:** [Gregg G. Tallas](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregg-g-tallas)

## Cast

- [Paul Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-harvey)
- [Charles Kemper](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-kemper)
- [Percy Kilbride](https://cinepixo.com/people/percy-kilbride)
- [J. Carrol Naish](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-carrol-naish)
- [Norman Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-lloyd)
- [Estelle Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/estelle-taylor)
- [Betty Field](https://cinepixo.com/people/betty-field)
- [Beulah Bondi](https://cinepixo.com/people/beulah-bondi)
- [Nestor Paiva](https://cinepixo.com/people/nestor-paiva)
- [Zachary Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/zachary-scott)
- [Earle Hodgins](https://cinepixo.com/people/earle-hodgins)
- [Almira Sessions](https://cinepixo.com/people/almira-sessions)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-southerner-1945
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