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The Farmer Takes a Wife

The Farmer Takes a Wife

IMDb 5.3·1953·1h 21m·movie·Music, Comedy, Romance, Musical

Directed by Henry Levin

Cadrate frame score

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Main cast
Betty Grable portrait

Betty Grable

Molly Larkins

Dale Robertson portrait

Dale Robertson

Dan Harrow

Thelma Ritter portrait

Thelma Ritter

Lucy Cashdollar

John Carroll portrait

John Carroll

Jotham Klore

Eddie Foy Jr. portrait

Eddie Foy Jr.

Fortune Friendly

Charlotte Austin portrait

Charlotte Austin

Pearl Dowd

Kathleen Crowley portrait

Kathleen Crowley

Susanna

Merry Anders portrait

Merry Anders

Hannah

May Wynn portrait

May Wynn

Eva Gooch

Juanita Evers

Ms. Kranz (uncredited)

Ruth Hall portrait

Ruth Hall

Abbie (uncredited)

Donald Kerr portrait

Donald Kerr

Jacob (uncredited)

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