The Farmer's Wife

:There have been two other films of the same name, The Farmer's Wife (1941 movie) and The Farmer's Wife (1998 movie).

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The Farmer's Wife (1941 movie) - The Farmer's Wife (1998 movie)

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The Farmer?s Wife is a silent movie, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and released in 1928.

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Alfred Hitchcock - 1928

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It was based on a play of the same name by British novelist, poet and playwright Eden Phillpotts, best known for a series of novels based on Dartmoor, in Devon.

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British - Eden Phillpotts - Dartmoor - Devon

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The plot is a romantic comedy and tells the story of a lonely widower, Samuel Sweetland (Jameson Thomas) who decides to remarry. He pursues several local spinsters, who each reject his advances. However, Aramintha (Lillian Hall-Davis), his housekeeper, is secretly in love with him and eventually Sweetland comes to realise that the right woman was there on his doorstep all along.

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Jameson Thomas - Lillian Hall-Davis

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The supporting cast includes Gordon Harker, in a comic role as a surly workman called Churdles Ash; Gibb McLaughlin as Henry Coaker; and Maud Gill as Thirza Tapper.

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Gordon Harker - Gibb McLaughlin - Maud Gill

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The movie features cinematography by Jack E Cox, editing by Alfred Booth; and art direction by C Wilfred Arnold. The Assistant Director was Frank Mills.

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