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The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1953 · 81 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Henry Levin
- Starring
- Gwen Verdon, Thelma Ritter, Kathleen Crowley, Betty Grable, Mort Mills, Ruth Hall
Set on the Erie Canal in New York in 1850, Molly Larkins works as a cook on Jotham Klore’s boat, balancing a tense love‑hate rapport with her boss. When she hires the haul‑horse driver Dan Harrow, a love triangle sparks, tangled by Dan’s wish to farm and Molly’s devotion to river life, amid the canalmen’s struggle against the encroaching railroad.
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