The Farmer Takes a Wife
1953 · 81 min
Music · Comedy · Romance
★ 4.3Erie Canal, N.Y., 1850: Molly Larkins, cook on Jotham Klore's canal boat, has a love-hate relationship with her boss. She hires handsome new haul-horse driver Dan Harrow and the inevitable triangle develops (complicated by Dan's desire to farm and Molly's to boat) against a background of the canalmen's fight against the encroaching railroad.
Crew
- Director Henry Levin
- Screenplay Sally Benson
- Screenplay Joseph Fields
- Screenplay Walter Bullock
Cast
Betty Grable
Molly Larkins
Dale Robertson
Dan Harrow
Thelma Ritter
Lucy Cashdollar
John Carroll
Jotham Klore
Eddie Foy Jr.
Fortune Friendly
Charlotte Austin
Pearl Dowd
Kathleen Crowley
Susanna
Merry Anders
Hannah
May Wynn
Eva Gooch
- J
Juanita Evers
Ms. Kranz (uncredited)
Ruth Hall
Abbie (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Jacob (uncredited)
Crew
- Director — Henry Levin
- Screenplay — Sally Benson
- Screenplay — Joseph Fields
- Screenplay — Walter Bullock
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