

The Great Dan Patch
1949 · Movie · 1h 34m · NR
AdventureDramaRomance
"WHAT A TIME FOR LIVING!...AND WHAT A GREAT LOVE STORY THEY LIVED!"
Overview
David Palmer, a young chemist, returns to his father's Indiana farm, to marry a local school teacher, Ruth Treadwell. David meets again his father's horse-trainer, Ben Lathrop, whose daughter, Cissy, has left high school to help her father. Palmer marries and becomes wealthy through an invention, and is able to indulge his socially-ambitious wife. His father dies and Palmer returns to Indiana, where his interest in harness-racing is rekindled, as is his interest in Cissy Lathrop.
Ratings
TMDB
5.5/10
Key crew
- John Taintor FooteWriter
- Joseph M. NewmanDirector
- Rudy SchragerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Dennis O'KeefeDavid Palmer
- Gail RussellCissy Lathrop
- Ruth WarrickRuth Treadwell
- Charlotte GreenwoodAunt Netty
- Henry HullDan Palmer
- John HoytBen Lathrop
- Arthur HunnicuttChet Williams
- Clarence MuseVoodoo
- Harry LauterBud Ransome
- Highland DaleDan Patch, a Horse
- Everett BrownStablehand
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