After his daughter weds, a middle-aged widower with a profitable farm decides to remarry, but he has problems choosing a suitable mate..


Alfred Hitchcock’s 1928 silent comedy, The Farmer's Wife, is a fascinating, if not entirely essential, watch for anyone interested in the director’s early career or the nuances of British silent cinema. It's an amiable, gentle film that largely succeeds as a period piece and a character study, making it worth seeing to...

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"Alfred Hitchcock’s 1928 silent comedy, The Farmer's Wife, is a fascinating, if not entirely essential, watch for anyone interested in the director’s early career or the nuances of British silent cinema. It's an amiable, gentle film that largely succeeds as a period piece and a character study, making it worth seeing today primarily for silent film enthusiasts, Hitchcock completists, and those who appreciate the slower rhythms of early narrative filmmaking. If you’re expecting the suspense, psych..."
Leslie Arliss, Norman Lee, Eliot Stannard, Alfred Hitchcock, Eden Phillpotts, J.E. Hunter
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