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The Great Dan Patch (1949) | Slate

The Great Dan Patch

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Rated 5.5 on TMDB

The Great Dan Patch

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.

Released: 1949
Runtime: 1h 34m
Rated: NR
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: United States of America
Language: English

Direction and writing

John Taintor FooteWriter

Joseph M. NewmanDirector

Cast

Dennis O'KeefeDavid Palmer
Gail RussellCissy Lathrop
Ruth WarrickRuth Treadwell

Harold GodsoeAssistant Director

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Charlotte GreenwoodAunt Netty

Henry HullDan Palmer

John HoytBen Lathrop

Arthur HunnicuttChet Williams

Clarence MuseVoodoo

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