The Farmer Takes a Wife [130385] Released: 1953-06-12 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 81 mins Popularity: 0.564 Vote Average: 3.3 Vote Count: 3 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. Cast [22] Betty GrableMolly Larkins Dale RobertsonDan Harrow Thelma RitterLucy Cashdollar John CarrollJotham Klore Eddie Foy Jr.Fortune Friendly Charlotte AustinPearl Dowd Kathleen CrowleySusanna Merry AndersHannah May WynnEva Gooch Juanita EversMs. Kranz Ruth HallAbbie Donald KerrJacob Paul McGuireBarney Noreen MichaelsAmy Mort MillsFloyd Zon MurrayEli Howard NegleyGov. Hamilton Fish Mel PogueAbner Green William PullenJohn Gene RothEthan McCarthy Lee TurnbullAndy Gwen VerdonAbigail Trailers