The Great Dan Patch

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Dennis O'Keefe David Palmer

Gail Russell Cissy Lathrop

Ruth Warrick Ruth Treadwell

Charlotte Greenwood Aunt Netty

Henry Hull Dan Palmer