The Farmer's Wife

The Farmer's Wife

Synopsis

The Farmer's Wife, adapted by Eliot Stannard from Eden Phillpots's stage play, concerns the search of a widowed farmer, Samuel Sweetland (Jameson Thomas), for a new wife. He approaches four local spinsters with arrogant expectation, only to be wounded by rejection each time, until he at last realises the suitability of his doting housekeeper, Araminta (Lilian Hall-Davis). This comedy includes, in a tea party sequence, a rare attempt at slapstick from Hitchcock and some strong performances, notably comedian Gordon Harker as Sweetland's surly handyman.