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The Farmer Takes a Wife
1 hour 21 minutes1953-06-12
3.3
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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.
Cast
![Betty Grable](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//oQwgN9Qx3w4S6u6rQFbl5TtUTsL.jpg)
Betty Grable
Molly Larkins
![Dale Robertson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hkDJl433CpzXD7Fm9MQbSSLG8mJ.jpg)
Dale Robertson
Dan Harrow
![Thelma Ritter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//q48Cf2evvi73qJULqhIotGrszaA.jpg)
Thelma Ritter
Lucy Cashdollar
![John Carroll](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jYbxj0cK0BilxRIjTyc5cs8vyND.jpg)
John Carroll
Jotham Klore
![Eddie Foy Jr.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//iceOurUhUhToPXhjWBLv5rwZdMB.jpg)
Eddie Foy Jr.
Fortune Friendly
![Charlotte Austin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7bYMZnZGeHcPcAWegRMYHfReArY.jpg)
Charlotte Austin
Pearl Dowd
![Kathleen Crowley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//rakzWrmqwJtHSfmpr5Lcji4fzAX.jpg)
Kathleen Crowley
Susanna
![Merry Anders](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//u7T7EjQneRuBO8gUVZH6Hd8nR5w.jpg)
Merry Anders
Hannah
![May Wynn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qn3ReolYPmKMQPcDrRi5JsBxSOF.jpg)
May Wynn
Eva Gooch
![Juanita Evers](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Juanita Evers
Ms. Kranz (uncredited)
![Ruth Hall](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//keV5J9Jc1HG2eDJjhFXHCRUHVdh.jpg)
Ruth Hall
Abbie (uncredited)
![Donald Kerr](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//g59FziDjwnUQFiYLJR4MFSP2OMY.jpg)
Donald Kerr
Jacob (uncredited)
![Paul McGuire](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Paul McGuire
Barney (uncredited)
![Noreen Michaels](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Noreen Michaels
Amy (uncredited)
![Mort Mills](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//lSFwFQog617EIKnhUlZllxorH9u.jpg)
Mort Mills
Floyd (uncredited)
![Zon Murray](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xRNq5EltWYMP89fwmCG8GirgNRV.jpg)
Zon Murray
Eli (uncredited)
![Howard Negley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hwJF6mVvArbWXnJIj3qE0jl5ACH.jpg)
Howard Negley
Gov. Hamilton Fish (uncredited)
![Mel Pogue](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Mel Pogue
Abner Green (uncredited)
![William Pullen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//w96BoY3kVlJEUeLZAgZth3jYCZN.jpg)
William Pullen
John (uncredited)
![Gene Roth](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//mx7J3DIue4s5ShNaxmdq8TNFxPY.jpg)
Gene Roth
Ethan McCarthy (uncredited)
![Lee Turnbull](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Lee Turnbull
Andy (uncredited)
![Gwen Verdon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//grudYGaOSskLbTWfRimaObOnTOb.jpg)