The Great Dan Patch
- Released on
- Runtime
- 94 mins
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.
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
- Gail Russell
- Ruth Warrick
- Charlotte Greenwood
- Henry Hull
- John Hoyt
- Arthur Hunnicutt
- Clarence Muse
- Harry Lauter
- Highland Dale
- Everett Brown
Director
- Joseph M. Newman
Producers
- John Taintor Foote
