Directed by:
Joseph M. NewmanScreenplay:
John Taintor FooteCinematography:
Gilbert WarrentonComposer:
Rudy SchragerCast:
Dennis O'Keefe, Gail Russell, Ruth Warrick, Charlotte Greenwood, Henry Hull, John Hoyt, Arthur Hunnicutt, Clarence Muse, Forrest Taylor, Harry Lauter (more)Plots(1)
Taking liberty with some of the facts, THE GREAT DAN PATCH nonetheless offers a stirring biographical account of one of the greatest racehorses of all time. Raised by farmer Dan Palmer (Henry Hull) in turn-of-the-19th-century Indiana, standardbred pacer Dan Patch is nurtured into greatness by Palmer's son David (Dennis O'Keefe), a young chemist who has returned to his rural hometown to marry schoolteacher Ruth Treadwell (Ruth Warrick). As Dan Patch begins winning race after race and setting multiple records for speed, David finds himself pursuing his own dreams of happiness by abandoning marriage to snobbish Ruth and falling in love with the horse trainer's daughter, Cissy Lathrop (Gail Russell). (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Dennis O'Keefe
USA
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Gail Russell
USA
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Ruth Warrick
USA
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Charlotte Greenwood
USA
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Henry Hull
USA
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The Chase (1966)
John Hoyt
USA
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Arthur Hunnicutt
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Clarence Muse
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Forrest Taylor
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Harry Lauter
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Earle Hodgins
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Stanley Blystone
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Jack Cheatham
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Davis Roberts
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Douglas Spencer
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Everett Brown
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Ralph Montgomery
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