---
title: 'The Farmer''s Daughter (1947)'
type: 'film'
director: 'H. C. Potter'
released: '1947-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-farmers-daughter-1947'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039370/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Farmer's Daughter (1947)

1947 · 100 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Farmer's Daughter is a 1947 American comedy film directed by H.C. Potter that tells the story of a farmgirl who ends up working as a maid for a Congressman and his politically powerful mother. It stars Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, and Charles Bickford, and was adapted by Allen Rivkin and Laura Kerr from the 1937 Finnish play Juurakon Hulda  by Hella Wuolijoki, using the pen name Juhani Tervapää.

## Credits

- **Director:** [H. C. Potter](https://cinepixo.com/people/h-c-potter)
- **Screenplay:** [Allen Rivkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/allen-rivkin), [Laura Kerr](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-kerr)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Leigh Harline](https://cinepixo.com/people/leigh-harline)
- **Producer:** [Dore Schary](https://cinepixo.com/people/dore-schary)
- **Director of Photography:** [Milton Krasner](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-krasner)
- **Editor:** [Harry Marker](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-marker)

## Cast

- [Joseph Cotten](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-cotten)
- [Harry Davenport](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-davenport)
- [Don Beddoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-beddoe)
- [Anna Q. Nilsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-q-nilsson)
- [Keith Andes](https://cinepixo.com/people/keith-andes)
- [Loretta Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/loretta-young)
- [Thurston Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/thurston-hall)
- [Rhys Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhys-williams)
- [Lex Barker](https://cinepixo.com/people/lex-barker)
- [Tom Powers](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-powers)
- [Rose Hobart](https://cinepixo.com/people/rose-hobart)
- [James Arness](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-arness)
- [William Harrigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-harrigan)
- [Ethel Barrymore](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethel-barrymore)
- [Charles Bickford](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bickford)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-farmers-daughter-1947
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