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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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