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The Great Dan Patch (1949)

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

Genre : Adventure, Drama, Romance

Runtime : 1H 34M

Director : Joseph M. Newman

Synopsis

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.

Actors

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

Crews

Joseph M. Newman
Joseph M. Newman
Director
John Taintor Foote
John Taintor Foote
Writer
John Taintor Foote
John Taintor Foote
Producer
Mel Berns
Mel Berns
Makeup Artist
Rudy Schrager
Rudy Schrager
Original Music Composer
Gilbert Warrenton
Gilbert Warrenton
Director of Photography
Jerome Pycha Jr.
Jerome Pycha Jr.
Art Direction
Jacques Mapes
Jacques Mapes
Set Decoration
Bartlett A. Carré
Bartlett A. Carré
Production Manager
Harold Godsoe
Harold Godsoe
Assistant Director
William H. Lynch
William H. Lynch
Sound

Posters and backgrounds

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