Lassie Come Home (1943)

Directed by

Fred M. Wilcox

Genre

drama film, children's film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

G

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 142 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Yorkshire boy and his collie have a strong bond. The family has to sell the dog because of hard times. The collie escapes her new owner and travels a long distance to return home.

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What happens

Lassie Come Home is a 1943 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor feature film starring Roddy McDowall and canine actor Pal, in a story about the profound bond between Yorkshire boy Joe Carraclough and his rough collie, Lassie. The film was directed by Fred M. Wilcox from a screenplay by Hugo Butler based upon the 1940 novel Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight. The film was the first in a series of seven MGM films starring "Lassie". In 1993, Lassie Come Home was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and recommended for preservation. The original film saw a sequel, Son of Lassie in 1945 with five other films following at intervals through the 1940s. A British remake of the 1943 movie was released in 2005 as Lassie to moderate success. The film has been released to VHS and DVD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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