

MovieMusicComedyRomance
The Farmer Takes a Wife
4.2(4)19531h 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.
- Director
- Henry Levin
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Cast

Betty Grable
Molly Larkins

Dale Robertson
Dan Harrow

Thelma Ritter
Lucy Cashdollar

John Carroll
Jotham Klore

Eddie Foy Jr.
Fortune Friendly

Charlotte Austin
Pearl Dowd

Kathleen Crowley
Susanna

Merry Anders
Hannah

May Wynn
Eva Gooch
Juanita Evers
Ms. Kranz (uncredited)

Ruth Hall
Abbie (uncredited)

Donald Kerr
Jacob (uncredited)
Paul McGuire
Barney (uncredited)
Noreen Michaels
Amy (uncredited)

Mort Mills
Floyd (uncredited)

Zon Murray
Eli (uncredited)

Howard Negley
Gov. Hamilton Fish (uncredited)
Mel Pogue
Abner Green (uncredited)

William Pullen
John (uncredited)

Gene Roth
Ethan McCarthy (uncredited)
Lee Turnbull
Andy (uncredited)

Gwen Verdon
Abigail (uncredited)
Crew
Directing
- Henry LevinDirector
Writing
- Sally BensonScreenplay
- Walter BullockScreenplay
- Joseph FieldsScreenplay
- Dorothy FieldsLyricist
Sound
- Harold ArlenSongs
Costume & Make-Up
- TravillaCostume Design