Music ·Comedy ·Romance · United States of America · 1953 · 1h 21m

The Farmer Takes a Wife

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Director
Henry Levin
Cast
Betty Grable as Molly Larkins Dale Robertson as Dan Harrow Thelma Ritter as Lucy Cashdollar John Carroll as Jotham Klore Eddie Foy Jr. as Fortune Friendly Charlotte Austin as Pearl Dowd
Crew
Sally Benson — Screenplay Walter Bullock — Screenplay Joseph Fields — Screenplay Travilla — Costume Design
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
musical
Key Collaborators
Henry Levin Director Sally Benson Screenplay Walter Bullock Screenplay Joseph Fields Screenplay Travilla Costume Design
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