The Farmer's Wife (1941 film)
For other works by the same name, see The Farmer's Wife (disambiguation)
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Directed by | Norman Lee Leslie Arliss |
Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
Written by | Leslie Arliss J.E.Hunter Norman Lee |
Based on | The Farmer's Wife by Eden Phillpotts |
Starring | Basil Sydney Wilfrid Lawson Nora Swinburne |
Music by | Guy Jones |
Cinematography | Claude Friese-Greene |
Edited by | Flora Newton |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Pathé Pictures |
Release date | 19 April 1941 (UK) |
Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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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