
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.

as Molly Larkins

as Dan Harrow

as Lucy Cashdollar

as Jotham Klore

as Fortune Friendly

as Pearl Dowd

as Susanna

as Hannah

as Eva Gooch

as Ms. Kranz (uncredited)

as Abbie (uncredited)

as Jacob (uncredited)

as Barney (uncredited)

as Amy (uncredited)

as Floyd (uncredited)

as Eli (uncredited)

as Gov. Hamilton Fish (uncredited)

as Abner Green (uncredited)

as John (uncredited)

as Ethan McCarthy (uncredited)

as Andy (uncredited)

as Abigail (uncredited)