Erie Canal, N.Y., 1850: Molly Larkins, cook on Jotham Klore's canal boat, has a love-hate relationship with her boss. She hires handsome new haul-horse driver Dan Harrow and the inevitable triangle develops (complicated by Dan's desire to farm and Molly's to boat) against a background of the canalmen's fight against the encroaching railroad.
Betty Grable
as Molly Larkins
Dale Robertson
as Dan Harrow
Thelma Ritter
as Lucy Cashdollar
John Carroll
as Jotham Klore
Eddie Foy Jr.
as Fortune Friendly
Charlotte Austin
as Pearl Dowd
Kathleen Crowley
as Susanna
Merry Anders
as Hannah
May Wynn
as Eva Gooch
Juanita Evers
as Ms. Kranz (uncredited)
Ruth Hall
as Abbie (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
as Jacob (uncredited)
