The Farmer Takes a Wife

The Farmer Takes a Wife

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.

US

Made in US

4.3/10

1953

Music
Comedy
Romance
20th Century Fox

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Cast

Betty Grable

Betty Grable

As Molly Larkins

Dale Robertson

Dale Robertson

As Dan Harrow

Thelma Ritter

Thelma Ritter

As Lucy Cashdollar

John Carroll

John Carroll

As Jotham Klore

Eddie Foy Jr.

Eddie Foy Jr.

As Fortune Friendly

Charlotte Austin

Charlotte Austin

As Pearl Dowd

Kathleen Crowley

Kathleen Crowley

As Susanna

Merry Anders

Merry Anders

As Hannah

May Wynn

May Wynn

As Eva Gooch

Juanita Evers

Juanita Evers

As Ms. Kranz (uncredited)

Ruth Hall

Ruth Hall

As Abbie (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Donald Kerr

As Jacob (uncredited)

Paul McGuire

Paul McGuire

As Barney (uncredited)

Noreen Michaels

Noreen Michaels

As Amy (uncredited)

Mort Mills

Mort Mills

As Floyd (uncredited)

Zon Murray

Zon Murray

As Eli (uncredited)

Howard Negley

Howard Negley

As Gov. Hamilton Fish (uncredited)

Mel Pogue

Mel Pogue

As Abner Green (uncredited)

William Pullen

William Pullen

As John (uncredited)

Gene Roth

Gene Roth

As Ethan McCarthy (uncredited)

Lee Turnbull

Lee Turnbull

As Andy (uncredited)

Gwen Verdon

Gwen Verdon

As Abigail (uncredited)

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