| The Farmer Takes a Wife | |
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| Directed by | Henry Levin |
| Written by | Marc Connelly (play) Walter Bullock Sally Benson Joseph Fields |
| Based on | The Farmer Takes a Wife 1934 play by Frank B. Elser Rome Haul 1929 novel by Walter D. Edmonds |
| Produced by | Frank P. Rosenberg |
| Starring | Betty Grable Dale Robertson Thelma Ritter |
| Cinematography | Arthur E. Arling |
| Edited by | Louis R. Loeffler |
| Music by | Harold Arlen Dorothy Fields Orch./Arr. Cyril J. Mockridge |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,150,000 (US)[1] |
The Farmer Takes a Wife is a 1953 Technicolor musical comedy film starring Betty Grable and Dale Robertson. The picture is a remake of the 1935 film of the same name which starred Janet Gaynor and Henry Fonda. Grable and Dale Robertson first appeared together in the movie Call Me Mister (1951).
- ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954