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The Great Dan Patch is a american film of genre Drama directed by Joseph M. Newman released in USA on 22 july 1949 with Dennis O'Keefe
The Great Dan Patch (1949)
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Add to a movie listThe Great Dan Patch is a 1949 American film directed by Joseph M. Newman about the trotting horse Dan Patch. The film is also known as Ride a Reckless Mile (American reissue title), and Dan Patch.
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In the last decade of the 19th century, chemist David Palmer returns to Oxford, Indiana, after living in Chicago for a few years. The return is brought on by his upcoming marriage to school teacher Ruth Treadwell.Actors
Dennis O'Keefe
(David Palmer)
Gail Russell
(Cissy Lathrop)
Ruth Warrick
(Ruth Treadwell)
Charlotte Greenwood
(Aunt Netty)
Henry Hull
(Dan Palmer)
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