"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?"
Zachary Scott
as Sam Tucker
Betty Field
as Nona Tucker
J. Carrol Naish
as Devers
Beulah Bondi
as Granny Tucker
Percy Kilbride
as W. Harmie
Charles Kemper
as Tim
Blanche Yurka
as Mama Tucker
Norman Lloyd
as Finlay
Estelle Taylor
as Lizzie
Paul Harvey
as Ruston
Noreen Nash
as Becky Devers
Paul E. Burns
as Uncle Pete Tucker
Jay Gilpin
as Jottie Tucker
Jean Vanderwilt
as Daisy Tucker
Jack Norworth
as Dr. White
Nestor Paiva
as Bartender
Almira Sessions
as Mrs. Burke (uncredited)
Rudy Bowman
as Townsman (uncredited)
Nora Bush
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
as Store Customer (uncredited)
Grace Christy
Pearl S. Cooper
Anne Cornwall
Dorothy Granger
as Party Girl (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Al Kunde
Ann Kunde
as Townswoman/Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Russell Meeker
Allen D. Sewall
Lucile Sewall
George Sowards
Bunny Sunshine
as Little Girl (uncredited)
Glen Walters
Jean Renoir
Director
George Sessions Perry
Novel
Hugo Butler
Adaptation
Writer
Werner Janssen
Original Music Composer
Lucien N. Andriot
Director of Photography
Gregg Tallas
Editor
Eugène Lourié
Production Design
Frank Webster
Sound
Jack Whitney
Nunnally Johnson
William Faulkner
Robert Aldrich
Assistant Director