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Hills of Home is a american film of genre Drama directed by Fred M. Wilcox released in USA on 25 november 1948 with Edmund Gwenn
Hills of Home (1948)
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Add to a movie listHills of Home (also known as Danger in the Hills and Master of Lassie ) is a 1948 Technicolor drama film, the fourth in a series of seven MGM Lassie films. It starred Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, and Tom Drake.
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Dr. William MacLure (Edmund Gwenn) a Scottish doctor, adopts Lassie, who has an unnatural aversion to water. The Dr. tries to cure Lassie of her fears, but she remains water-shy.Actors
Edmund Gwenn
(Mr. Milton)
Pal
Donald Crisp
(Drumsheugh)
Tom Drake
(Mr. Milton)
Janet Leigh
(Margit Mitchell)
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