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55% Critic Match
The Great Dan Patch
“WHAT A TIME FOR LIVING!...AND WHAT A GREAT LOVE STORY THEY LIVED!”
5.5 / 10• 1949• 1h 34m•NR• English
AdventureDramaRomance
Storyline
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 & Crew
Dennis O'Keefe
David Palmer
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Joseph M. Newman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Great Dan Patch is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
