The Farmer's Wife

The Farmer's Wife

🎞️ Movie 81 min GB
โ˜… 6.0 /10 1941

Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the silent era by Alfred Hitchcock. The 1940 talkie version was directed by Leslie Arliss, son of stage star George Arliss. The story remained the same: A middle-aged widower attempts to select a wife from his rural district's eligible females (Basil Sydney). Three unsuccessful dalliances later, the farmer settles for his housekeeper, whom the audience has been rooting for all along. The Farmer's Wife is a prime example of the sort of fare that struck a proper chord with British filmgoers, but whose appeal would be lost to any other nationality.

Cast

Basil Sydney
Basil Sydney
Samuel Sweetland
Wilfrid Lawson
Wilfrid Lawson
Churdles Ash
Nora Swinburne
Nora Swinburne
Araminta Grey
Patricia Roc
Patricia Roc
Sibley
Michael Wilding
Michael Wilding
Richard Coaker
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Bunty Payne
Petronell
Enid Stamp-Taylor
Enid Stamp-Taylor
Mary Hearne
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Betty Warren
Louisa Windeatt
Viola Lyel
Viola Lyel
Thirza Tapper
Edward Rigby
Edward Rigby
Tom Gurney
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Guy Jones
Composer
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Claude Friese-Greene
Cinematographer