The Farmer Takes a Wife
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1953-06-12
Runtime: 81 mins
Director: Henry Levin
Spoken language: English
Genres: Music, Comedy, Romance
Original title: The Farmer Takes a Wife
Production Companies: 20th Century Fox
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Betty Grable
Dale Robertson
Thelma Ritter
John Carroll
Eddie Foy Jr.
Charlotte Austin
Kathleen Crowley
Merry Anders
May Wynn
Juanita Evers
Ruth Hall
Donald Kerr
Paul McGuire
Noreen Michaels
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