The Great Dan Patch
The Great Dan Patch is a 1949 American film directed by Joseph M. Newman about the pacing horse Dan Patch.
The film is also known as Ride a Reckless Mile( American reissue title), and Dan Patch.
Joseph M. Newman
Joseph M. Newman( August 17, 1909 – January 23, 2006) was an American film director most famous for his 1955 film" This Island Earth".
His credits include episodes of" The Twilight Zone" and" The Alfred Hitchcock Hour".
He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the now defunct category of Assistant Director, for" David Copperfield" and" San Francisco".
He was also the last person nominated Assistant Director to die.
Mark Steven Johnson
Mark Steven Johnson( born October 30, 1964) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer.
Johnson was born in Hastings, Minnesota and graduated from California State University, Long Beach.
He has written and directed the two comic book based films" Daredevil" and" Ghost Rider" as well as the film" Simon Birch".
His early writing credits are for the film" Grumpy Old Men" and its sequel" Grumpier Old Men".
Most recently, he wrote the story for the film" Christopher Robin."
Dan Remmes
Dan Remmes is an American, award- winning writer and actor.
He is best known as the book writer of" Grumpy Old Men: The Musical" based on the 1993 movie' Grumpy Old Me n'.
Grumpy Old Men (film)
Grumpy Old Men is a 1993 American romantic comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, and Ann-Margret, along with Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Ossie Davis, and Buck Henry and directed by Donald Petrie.
The screenplay was written by Mark Steven Johnson, who also wrote the sequel" Grumpier Old Men"( 1995).
The original music score was composed by Alan Silvestri.
This was the sixth film starring both Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, and their first pairing since 1968's The Odd Couple.
Kevin Pollak
Kevin Elliot Pollak( born October 30, 1957) is an American actor, impressionist, and comedian.
He has appeared in over 80 films; his roles include Sam Weinberg in the legal film" A Few Good Men", Jacob Goldman in" Grumpy Old Men" and its sequel" Grumpier Old Men"; Todd Hockney in" The Usual Suspects", Phillip Green in" Casino", and Bobby Chicago in" End of Days".
Pollak is an avid poker player.
He finished 134th out of 6,598 entrants in the 2012 World Series of Poker and won$ 52,718.
He also hosts weekly home games with Hollywood celebrities.
Howard Deutch
Howard Deutch( born September 14, 1950) is an American film and television director who worked in collaboration with filmmaker John Hughes, directing two of Hughes's best- known screenplays," Pretty in Pink" and" Some Kind of Wonderful".
Since 2011, he has primarily directed television productions, including multiple episodes of" Getting On" and" True Blood".
Grumpier Old Men
Grumpier Old Men is a 1995 romantic comedy film, and a sequel to the film" Grumpy Old Men"( 1993).
The film stars Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, and Sophia Loren, with Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Katie Sagona, Ann Morgan Guilbert.
" Grumpier Old Men" was directed by Howard Deutch, with the screenplay written by Mark Steven Johnson and the original music score composed by Alan Silvestri.
The film was Meredith's final motion picture appearance.
He was already suffering from Alzheimer's disease, and had to be gently coached through his role in the film.
He died of the disease two years later in 1997.
Henry Moore (cricketer)
Henry Walter Moore( 1849 – 20 August 1916) was an English- born first- class cricketer who spent most of his life in New Zealand.
Claude Weisz
Claude Weisz is a French film director born in Paris.

Question: Which film has the director born first, The Great Dan Patch or Grumpier Old Men?
Answer: The Great Dan Patch