The Farmer Takes a Wife

The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)

Approved 01 Jul 1953 • Comedy, Musical, Romance • 1h 21m

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.

Henry Levin
Director
Walter Bullock, Sally Benson, Joseph Fields
Writer
Betty Grable, Dale Robertson, Thelma Ritter
Starring

Language: English
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Country: United States
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5.3

IMDb (191 votes)