Movie: The Great Dan Patch

Top 10 Billed Cast

Dennis O'Keefe
Dennis O'Keefe

David Palmer

Gail Russell
Gail Russell

Cissy Lathrop

Ruth Warrick
Ruth Warrick

Ruth Treadwell

Charlotte Greenwood
Charlotte Greenwood

Aunt Netty

Henry Hull
Henry Hull

Dan Palmer

John Hoyt
John Hoyt

Ben Lathrop

Arthur Hunnicutt
Arthur Hunnicutt

Chet Williams

Clarence Muse
Clarence Muse

Voodoo

Harry Lauter
Harry Lauter

Bud Ransome

Highland Dale
Highland Dale

Dan Patch, a Horse

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1949-07-22

  • Average

    5

  • Rating:

    2.5 starts
  • Tagline

    WHAT A TIME FOR LIVING!...AND WHAT A GREAT LOVE STORY THEY LIVED!

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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