The Great Dan Patch
The Great Dan Patch
NR | 22 July 1949 (USA)
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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.

Reviews
LastingAware The greatest movie ever!
Chatverock Takes itself way too seriously
Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.
Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
rickdumesnil-55203 was i in for a surprise. what an absolute dud from all angles. I'm crazy about Gail Russell but in this movie we could clearly see the puffed eyes due to years and years of alcohol absorbing. she did the acting o. Dennis O keefe that wasn't a role for him...he doesn't know how to use his hands...hes bland and he is simply a so so actor. Ruth Warwick was good in what she did. I'm really sorry to have seen Charlotte Greenwood in this...she is usually funny and energetic....in PATCH she is boring and the role doesn't fit her at all. The racing are overlong and the story is plain dull. why i gave it at least a 4...the black man who sang the song MIXED...so well. Glad i bought it at a cheap price. I cant get over poor Gail Russell...a waste of what could had been a great actress.
stevenschreck Dripping with repressed emotions, recrimination and loaded with both implied and explicit misogyny, is can barely offer enough action and suspense to keep the viewer from spewing their lunch.Dripping with repressed emotions, recrimination and loaded with both implied and explicit misogyny, is can barely offer enough action and suspense to keep the viewer from spewing their lunch.Dripping with repressed emotions, recrimination and loaded with both implied and explicit misogyny, is can barely offer enough action and suspense to keep the viewer from spewing their lunch.XXXXXXXXXXXXXX:) :D
Snow Leopard This feature is a solid drama based loosely on the career of the famous race horse Dan Patch, with a good emphasis on the lives of the persons who owned and trained him. Although it certainly emphasizes what a unique and nearly unbeatable horse Dan Patch was, it looks even more closely at the dramas taking place among the human characters.Much of the story focuses on the son (played by Dennis O'Keefe) of the horse's original owner, who is torn between a successful career and an ambitious wife on the one hand, and his passion for horses and attachment to old friends on the other. The supporting cast does a good job, with Henry Hull as the father, John Hoyt as the old-time horse trainer, and Gail Russell as the trainer's daughter. Ruth Warrick also succeeds in the thankless role of O'Keefe's wife.Although most of the production is done in a very straightforward manner, it still works all right because the issues faced by the characters are easy to identify with. Aside from being somewhat predictable and sometimes a bit plain-looking, it's a solid feature.
Bubbi A good family film with a lovely performance from Gail Russell. It is a fine film for race fans. It will entertain the younger set also.