The read
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Sam Tucker, a cotton picker, in search of a better future for his family, decides to grow his own cotton crop. In the first year, the Tuckers battle disease, a flood, and a jealous neighbor. Can they make it as farmers?
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
71 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean RenoirDirector
- Jean RenoirWriter
- Werner JanssenOriginal Music Composer
- Nunnally JohnsonWriter
- William FaulknerWriter
Cast
- Zachary ScottSam Tucker
- Betty FieldNona Tucker
- J. Carrol NaishDevers
- Beulah BondiGranny Tucker
- Percy KilbrideW. Harmie
- Charles KemperTim
- Blanche YurkaMama Tucker
- Norman LloydFinlay
- Estelle TaylorLizzie
- Paul HarveyRuston
- Noreen NashBecky Devers
- Paul E. BurnsUncle Pete Tucker
Stills
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Themes
texasmigrant farmworkerfarmersharecroppercotton pickeramused