The Farmer Takes a Wife

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.

Music Comedy Romance

Betty Grable

(Molly Larkins)

Dale Robertson

(Dan Harrow)

Thelma Ritter

(Lucy Cashdollar)

John Carroll

(Jotham Klore)

Eddie Foy Jr.

(Fortune Friendly)

Charlotte Austin

(Pearl Dowd)

Kathleen Crowley

(Susanna)

Merry Anders

(Hannah)

May Wynn

(Eva Gooch)

Juanita Evers

(Ms. Kranz (uncredited))

Ruth Hall

(Abbie (uncredited))

Donald Kerr

(Jacob (uncredited))

Paul McGuire

(Barney (uncredited))

Noreen Michaels

(Amy (uncredited))

Mort Mills

(Floyd (uncredited))

Zon Murray

(Eli (uncredited))

Howard Negley

(Gov. Hamilton Fish (uncredited))

Mel Pogue

(Abner Green (uncredited))

William Pullen

(John (uncredited))

Gene Roth

(Ethan McCarthy (uncredited))

Lee Turnbull

(Andy (uncredited))

Gwen Verdon

(Abigail (uncredited))