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The Farmer's Wife
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Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the silent era by Alfred Hitchcock. The 1940 talkie version was directed by Leslie Arliss, son of stage star George Arliss. The story remained the same: A middle-aged widower attempts to select a wife from his rural district's eligible females (Basil Sydney). Three unsuccessful dalliances later, the farmer settles for his housekeeper, whom the audience has been rooting for all along. The Farmer's Wife is a prime example of the sort of fare that struck a proper chord with British filmgoers, but whose appeal would be lost to any other nationality.
Cast
![Basil Sydney](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//myZrVjtZ6gjhwE29hH4l6mHhuCi.jpg)
Basil Sydney
Samuel Sweetland
![Wilfrid Lawson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ylLCOBNvc5g3AkRLBXfSY4KgoEr.jpg)
Wilfrid Lawson
Churdles Ash
![Nora Swinburne](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5K8cv6cJAFJfdresPBgI1EkOaLH.jpg)
Nora Swinburne
Araminta Grey
![Patricia Roc](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tEO6hqeoEnn11tusu2x8EX4fkot.jpg)
Patricia Roc
Sibley
![Michael Wilding](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3JkhvgqUeHDWCM23CrkZYsubTgQ.jpg)
Michael Wilding
Richard Coaker
![Bunty Payne](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Bunty Payne
Petronell
![Enid Stamp-Taylor](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//sL4L1RdUPY8q3EIhhBv7DdaN2LR.jpg)
Enid Stamp-Taylor
Mary Hearne
![Betty Warren](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//45RHSS5A496qbxyYBcXLaviqCpL.jpg)
Betty Warren
Louisa Windeatt
![Viola Lyel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qi6kOJ75BRcMFLD5SvUuABzGfef.jpg)
Viola Lyel
Thirza Tapper
![Edward Rigby](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fSu8T7lKswhIECZeMyzTDY65Git.jpg)
Edward Rigby
Tom Gurney
![Kenneth Griffith](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//oXbxx70rQThClBDlb4ibudZ660B.jpg)
Kenneth Griffith
George Smerdon
![A. Bromley Davenport](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
A. Bromley Davenport
Henry Coaker
![Jimmy Godden](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//31oKjUMITpa4ygWbxJa4d6T0jqe.jpg)
Jimmy Godden
Sergeant
![Gilbert Gunn](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Gilbert Gunn
Pianist
![James Harcourt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vLdW8pTLaUQPXfjjLfHZ6nidy2q.jpg)
James Harcourt
Valiant Dunnybrigg
![Mark Daly](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Mark Daly
P. C. Chave
![Davina Whitehouse](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)