The Farmer's Wife (1928)
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This first film version of Eden Philpotts' play The Farmer's Wife was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The story involves a roughhewn widowed farmer (Samuel Sweetland) in search of a new bride. Every candidate for the "title" proves insufficient, either because they fail to meet the farmer's exacting standards or because they want no part of him. Eventually the farmer realizes that his "perfect" mate has been under his own nose all along. The Farmer's Wife was remade in 1941, with Basil Sydney in the lead. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Gordon Harker
- Director(s):
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Farmer's Wife
This first film version of Eden Philpotts' play The Farmer's Wife was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The story involves a roughhewn widowed farmer (Samuel Sweetland) in search of a new bride. Every candidate for the "title" proves insufficient, either because they fail to meet the farmer's exacting standards or because they want no part of him. Eventually the farmer realizes that his "perfect" mate has been under his own nose all along. The Farmer's Wife was remade in 1941, with Basil Sydney in the lead. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 129 mins
Complete Cast of The Farmer's Wife
- Gordon Harker - Churdles Ash, the handyman
- Gordon Harker - Churdles Ash: The Handyman
- Director(s):
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Writer(s):
- Leslie Arliss, Norman Lee, Eliot Stannard
- Producer(s):
- John Maxwell
- Categories:
- Comedy
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