The Farmer's Wife (1928)

director	Alfred Hitchcock
producer	John Maxwell
writer	Eliot Stannard (adaptation)
story	Eden Phillpotts (play)
starring	Jameson Thomas
	Lillian Hall-Davis
	Gordon Harker
cinematographer	Jack E. Cox
editor	Alfred Booth
running time	97 minutes (8,731 feet)
colour	black & white
sound mix	silent with English intertitles
aspect ratio	1.33:1
studio	British International Pictures
distributor	Wardour Films (UK)
availability	DVD
film-1451 (add your rating)

Synopsis

Farmer Sweetland is a lonely old widower. He is determined to marry again and he enlists the help of his housekeeper Minta to pick a wife from the local single women. (© IMDB)

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DVD Releases

released in 2008

Laquelle des Trois (1928) / Manxman (1929) - Studio Canal (France, 2008) R2 PAL 1.33:1

released in 2007

The Farmer's Wife (1928) - Optimum Releasing (UK, 2007) - part of a box set R2 PAL 1.33:1

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Cast and Crew

Directed by:

• Alfred Hitchcock
• Frank Mills - assistant director

Starring:

• Jameson Thomas - Samuel Sweetland
• Lillian Hall-Davis - His Housekeeper, Araminta Dench
• Gordon Harker - His Handyman, Churdles Ash
• Gibb McLaughlin - Henry Coaker
• Maud Gill - Thirza Tapper
• Louie Pounds - Widow Windeatt
• Olga Slade - Mary Hearn, Postmistress
• Ruth Maitland - Mercy Bassett
• Antonia Brough - Susan
• Haward Watts - Dick Coaker
• Mollie Ellis - Sibley "Tibby" Sweetland (uncredited)

Written by:

• Eden Phillpots - original play
• Eliot Stannard - adaptation
• Leslie Arliss (uncredited)
• Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited)
• J E Hunter (uncredited)
• Norman Lee (uncredited)

Photographed by:

• Jack E Cox

Edited by:

• Alfred Booth

Art Direction by:

• C Wilfred Arnold