The Great Dan Patch (1949)
WHAT A TIME FOR LIVING!...AND WHAT A GREAT LOVE STORY THEY LIVED!
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.
- Date of release
- 1949-07-22
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Director
- Joseph M. Newman
Casting
- Dennis O'Keefe — David Palmer
- Gail Russell — Cissy Lathrop
- Ruth Warrick — Ruth Treadwell
- Charlotte Greenwood — Aunt Netty
- Henry Hull — Dan Palmer
- John Hoyt — Ben Lathrop
- Arthur Hunnicutt — Chet Williams
- Clarence Muse — Voodoo
- Harry Lauter — Bud Ransome
- Highland Dale — Dan Patch, a Horse
- Everett Brown — Stablehand
Interesting facts
The Great Dan Patch is a 1949 American drama film directed by Joseph M. Newman about the pacing horse Dan Patch. The film is also known as Ride a Reckless Mile, and Dan Patch.
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