The Great Dan Patch
Film & Television Library - Classic Features
Starring
Dennis O’Keefe, Gail Russell, Ruth Warrick, Charlotte Greenwood
Directed by
Joseph M. Newman
Written by
John Taintor Foote
Alternate title
Ride a Reckless Mile
Genre
Biography, Drama, Romance
Synopsis
Chemist David Palmer (Dennis O’Keefe) returns to his hometown in Indiana to marry a socially ambitious teacher (Ruth Warrick) and meets with Ben Lathrop (John Hoyt), his father’s horse trainer. Palmer marries and becomes wealthy through an invention and as years pass, his father dies. Upon returning to Indiana, Palmer and becomes re-interested in his father’s passion for horseracing, as well as in Lathrop’s daughter, Cissy (Gail Russell).
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