The Great Dan Patch
movie
WHAT A TIME FOR LIVING!...AND WHAT A GREAT LOVE STORY THEY LIVED!
Released July 22, 1949
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.
Cast
Dennis O'Keefe
as
David Palmer
Gail Russell
as
Cissy Lathrop
Ruth Warrick
as
Ruth Treadwell
Charlotte Greenwood
as
Aunt Netty
Henry Hull
as
Dan Palmer
John Hoyt
as
Ben Lathrop
Arthur Hunnicutt
as
Chet Williams
Clarence Muse
as
Voodoo
Harry Lauter
as
Bud Ransome
Highland Dale
as
Dan Patch, a Horse
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Everett Brown
as
Stablehand
Crew
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John Taintor Foote
as
Writer
Joseph M. Newman
as
Director
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Jacques Mapes
as
Set Decoration
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Bartlett A. Carré
as
Production Manager
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Harold Godsoe
as
Assistant Director
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William H. Lynch
as
Sound
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Jerome Pycha Jr.
as
Art Direction
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Rudy Schrager
as
Original Music Composer
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Gilbert Warrenton
as
Director of Photography
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John Taintor Foote
as
Producer
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Mel Berns
as
Makeup Artist