The Farmer Takes a Wife
1953Erie 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.
Acted in
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
Kathleen Crowley
as Susanna
Merry Anders
as Hannah
May Wynn
as Eva Gooch
Juanita Evers
as Ms. Kranz (uncredited)
Ruth Hall
as Abbie (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
as Jacob (uncredited)
Paul McGuire
as Barney (uncredited)
Noreen Michaels
as Amy (uncredited)
Mort Mills
as Floyd (uncredited)
Zon Murray
as Eli (uncredited)
Howard Negley
as Gov. Hamilton Fish (uncredited)
Mel Pogue
as Abner Green (uncredited)
William Pullen
as John (uncredited)
Gene Roth
as Ethan McCarthy (uncredited)
Lee Turnbull
as Andy (uncredited)
Gwen Verdon
as Abigail (uncredited)