Son of Lassie (1945)

Directed by

S. Sylvan Simon

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

G

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Joe Carraclough grows up and joins the Royal Air Force during World War II. Lassie's son Laddie stows away on his plane, and they end up stranded behind enemy lines in Norway.

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What happens

Son of Lassie (also known as Laddie, Son of Lassie) is a 1945 American Technicolor feature film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer based on characters created by Eric Knight, and starring Peter Lawford, Donald Crisp, June Lockhart and Pal (credited as Lassie). A sequel to Lassie Come Home (1943), the film focuses on the now adult Joe Carraclough after he joins the Royal Air Force during World War II and is shot down over Nazi-occupied Norway along with a stowaway, Lassie's son "Laddie" – played by Pal. Son of Lassie was released theatrically on April 20, 1945. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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