The Southerner
Storyline:
After Finley destroys the Tuckers' garden, Sam confronts Devers at his farm. There, Devers, armed with a knife, declares he will no longer share his well water, whereupon the two men have a near-deadly fight. Sam leaves and Devers gets a rifle and follows him. Soon, he finds Sam at the nearby river pulling in a fishing line on which he has hooked "Lead Pencil," an enormous catfish that Devers has been trying to catch for years. In return for the fish and the bragging rights that he was the one who caught it, Devers agrees to give Sam his garden and allow him continued access to his well, a deal that effectively puts an end to the trouble between the two families.
Stars: Zachary Scott, Betty Field, J. Carrol Naish, Beulah Bondi, Percy Kilbride
Directors: Jean Renoir
Producers: Robert Hakim, David L. Loew
Writers: Hugo Butler, George Sessions Perry, Jean Renoir
Release Date: May 18, 1945
Running Time: 92 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English