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The Farmer Takes a Wife
The Farmer Takes a Wife
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  2. The Farmer Takes a Wife

The Farmer Takes a Wife

1953
1h 21m
Music
Comedy
Romance

Status

Released

Release

1953

Runtime

1h 21m

Storyline

Erie 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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 21m
Jun 12, 1953
Languages
English
Director
Henry Levin
Henry Levin
Production
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

22 Cast Members

Betty Grable

Betty Grable

Molly Larkins

Dale Robertson

Dale Robertson

Dan Harrow

Thelma Ritter

Thelma Ritter

Lucy Cashdollar

John Carroll

John Carroll

Jotham Klore

Eddie Foy Jr.

Eddie Foy Jr.

Fortune Friendly

Charlotte Austin

Charlotte Austin

Pearl Dowd

Kathleen Crowley

Kathleen Crowley

Susanna

Merry Anders

Merry Anders

Hannah

May Wynn

May Wynn

Eva Gooch

Juanita Evers

Ms. Kranz (uncredited)

Ruth Hall

Ruth Hall

Abbie (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Donald Kerr

Jacob (uncredited)

Paul McGuire

Barney (uncredited)

Noreen Michaels

Amy (uncredited)

Mort Mills

Mort Mills

Floyd (uncredited)

Zon Murray

Zon Murray

Eli (uncredited)

Howard Negley

Howard Negley

Gov. Hamilton Fish (uncredited)

Mel Pogue

Abner Green (uncredited)

William Pullen

William Pullen

John (uncredited)

Gene Roth

Gene Roth

Ethan McCarthy (uncredited)

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