Movie Description

The Farmer Takes a Wife

(1953)

Overview

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.

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Original TitleThe Farmer Takes a Wife

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1953-06-12

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 21m

Production Companies20th Century Fox

Genres

  • Music
  • Comedy
  • Romance