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.

mark.waltz The success of "National Velvet" just a few years before brought a slew of movies about horse racing. If it wasn't fictional stories written by Damon Runyon or starring the Bowery Boys, it was real life hero horses with semi-fictional variations of Seabiscuit or Black Beauty or Dan Patch, the off-spring of the equally famous Joe Patch who became even more of a legend. This drama tells more of the owner's story, here played by Dennis O'Keefe.A scientist by career, he becomes distracted from his promising career when his father bequeaths him the young colt he christens Dan and turns into the biggest champion of his day. This causes issues with his haughty wife (Ruth Warrick) and creates a bond with the sweet Gail Russell. Charlotte Greenwood is wise and loving as O'Keefe's aunt. Warrick had already played several variations of the cold fishwife, and unlike her daytime role of matriarch Phoebe Tyler, this character lacks humor and the heart that Warrick instilled in the usually pompous queen of "All My Children". She has an amusing opening scene where she is being fitted into a dress with open windows at ground level, and keeps getting interrupted by intruders who stop by to tell her that her old beau, O'Keefe, has returned. Rather slow moving and unremarkable, this is rather standard late '40s fare that was better served in the same year's " The Red Pony" which had the advantage of color photography. Russell adds some spirit as the sweet but earthy girl who helps bring O'Keefe out of his shadow as the husband of a character identical to Joan Crawford's Harriet Craig, complete with a racist attitude towards some farmhands she encounters much to her disgust. It is moments like that which really make you think, but I really wanted to see more of the horse. After all, he's the titled character, and he is basically supporting.

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.