The Farmer's Wife
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Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the silent era by Alfred Hitchcock. The 1940 talkie version was directed by Leslie Arliss, son of stage star George Arliss. The story remained the same: A middle-aged widower attempts to select a wife from his rural district's eligible females (Basil Sydney). Three unsuccessful dalliances later, the farmer settles for his housekeeper, whom the audience has been rooting for all along. The Farmer's Wife is a prime example of the sort of fare that struck a proper chord with British filmgoers, but whose appeal would be lost to any other nationality.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1941-04-20
Runtime: 81 mins
Director: Norman Lee, Leslie Arliss
Writer: Leslie Arliss, J.E. Hunter, Norman Lee
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Genres: Drama
Original title: The Farmer's Wife
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Cast
Basil Sydney
Wilfrid Lawson
Nora Swinburne
Patricia Roc
Michael Wilding
Bunty Payne
Enid Stamp-Taylor
Betty Warren
Viola Lyel
Edward Rigby
Kenneth Griffith
A. Bromley Davenport
Jimmy Godden
Gilbert Gunn
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