The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)

06/12/1953 (US) • 1h 21m

Music, Comedy, Romance

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Betty Grable

Molly Larkins

Dale Robertson

Dan Harrow

Thelma Ritter

Lucy Cashdollar

John Carroll

Jotham Klore

Eddie Foy Jr.

Fortune Friendly

May Wynn

Eva Gooch


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

musical

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