The Farmer's Wife (1941 film)
| The Farmer's Wife | |
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| Based on | The Farmer's Wife by Eden Phillpotts |
| Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
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| Cinematography | Claude Friese-Greene |
| Edited by | Flora Newton |
| Music by | Guy Jones |
Production company | Associated British Pictures Corporation |
| Distributed by | Pathé Pictures |
Release date | 19 April 1941 (UK) |
Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
For other works by the same name, see The Farmer's Wife (disambiguation)
The Farmer's Wife is a 1941 British drama film directed by Norman Lee and Leslie Arliss and starring Basil Sydney, Wilfrid Lawson and Nora Swinburne.[1] It is based on the play The Farmer's Wife by Eden Phillpotts which had previously been adapted by Alfred Hitchcock for a 1928 film of the same name.[2] [3] It was produced by ABPC at Welwyn Studios, at a time when the company's main Elstree Studios had been requisitioned for wartime use.
Cast[]
- Basil Sydney as Samuel Sweetland
- Wilfrid Lawson as Churdles Ash
- Nora Swinburne as Araminta Grey
- Patricia Roc as Sibley
- Michael Wilding as Richard Coaker
- Bunty Payne as Petronell
- Enid Stamp-Taylor as Mary Hearne
- Betty Warren as Louisa Windeatt
- Viola Lyel as Thirza Tapper
- Edward Rigby as Tom Gurney
- Kenneth Griffith as George Smerdon
- A. Bromley Davenport as Henry Coaker
- Jimmy Godden as Sergeant
- Gilbert Gunn as Pianist
- James Harcourt as Valiant Dunnybrigg
- Mark Daly as P. C. Chave
- Davina Craig as Susie
- Hilda Bayley as Mrs. Rundle
- David Keir as Auctioneer
- Patrick Ludlow as Curate
- John Salew as Mr. Rundle
- Olga Slade as Minor role
References[]
- ^ "The Farmer's Wife (1941)". BFI.
- ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ Strauss p.123
Bibliography[]
- Strauss, Marc Raymond. Alfred Hitchcock's Silent Films. McFarland, 2015.
External links[]
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- English-language films
- 1941 films
- British films
- 1941 drama films
- 1940s English-language films
- Films directed by Norman Lee
- Films directed by Leslie Arliss
- British drama films
- Films set in England
- Films shot at Welwyn Studios
- 1940s British film stubs
- British black-and-white films