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The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter (1940)

1h 0m | PG-13

⭐ 5 / 10

Broadway producer Nickie North and press agent Scoop Trimble find an investor for their next show who insists that they cast his ex-girlfriend, Clarice Sheldon, in the lead role and rehearse out of town. The crew set up on a family farm, and all is well until the leading man falls for the farmer's daughter, Patience Bingham. When flighty starlet Sheldon finds out he has a new girlfriend, she takes off, leaving North and Trimble to find a new leading lady.

Director: James P. Hogan

Studio: Paramount Pictures

Genre: Comedy

Video: 720p

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Cast

Martha Raye

Martha Raye

as Patience Bingham

Charles Ruggles

Charles Ruggles

as Nickie North

Richard Denning

Richard Denning

as Dennis Crane

Gertrude Michael

Gertrude Michael

as Clarice Sheldon

William Frawley

William Frawley

as Scoop Trimble

William Demarest

William Demarest

as Victor Walsh