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The Farmer's Wife
1941, Apr 20
1h 21m
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.
Directed by
Norman Lee, Leslie Arliss
Written by
Leslie Arliss, Norman Lee, J.E. Hunter
Michael Wilding
Richard Coaker
Patricia Roc
Sibley
Kenneth Griffith
George Smerdon
Wilfrid Lawson
Churdles Ash
Basil Sydney
Samuel Sweetland
Edward Rigby
Tom Gurney
Betty Warren
Louisa Windeatt
James Harcourt
Valiant Dunnybrigg
Viola Lyel
Thirza Tapper
Jimmy Godden
Sergeant
Nora Swinburne
Araminta Grey
Enid Stamp-Taylor
Mary Hearne
Bunty Payne
Petronell
A. Bromley Davenport
Henry Coaker
Mark Daly
P. C. Chave
Davina Whitehouse
Susie
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