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The Farmer Takes a Wife is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Henry Levin released in USA on 12 june 1953 with Betty Grable
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 12 june 1953
Length 1h21
OriginUSA
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Children's films
Rating53%
The Farmer Takes a Wife is a 1953 Technicolor musical comedy film starring Betty Grable. The picture is a remake of the 1935 film of the same name which starred Janet Gaynor and Henry Fonda. Miss Grable and Dale Robertson first joined forces in the movie Call Me Mister (1951).
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During the 19th century, where Molly Larkin (Betty Grable), the girlfriend of rough-and-tumble canal-boat captain Jotham Klore (John Carroll) she hires mild-mannered farmer Daniel Harrow (Dale Robertson) to work on the boat. Molly and Dan fall in love and marry.Actors
Betty Grable
(Molly Larkins)
Dale Robertson
(Dan Harrow)
Thelma Ritter
(Lucy Cashdollar)
John Carroll
(Jotham Klore)
Gwen Verdon
(Abigail (uncredited))
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