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Lassie Come Home is a american film of genre Drama directed by Fred M. Wilcox released in USA on 1 december 1943 with Pal
Lassie Come Home (1943)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 december 1943
Length 1h29
Directed by Fred M. Wilcox
OriginUSA
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about dogs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Rating70%
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."
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.
Synopsis
Set in Depression-era Yorkshire, England, Mr. and Mrs. Carraclough (Donald Crisp and Elsa Lanchester) are hit by hard times and forced to sell their collie, Lassie (Pal), to the rich Duke of Rudling (Nigel Bruce), who has always admired her. Young Joe Carraclough (Roddy McDowall) grows despondent at the loss of his companion.Actors
Pal
(Lassie (as Lassie))
Roddy McDowall
(Joe Carraclough)
Donald Crisp
(Sam Carraclough)
May Whitty
(Dally)
Edmund Gwenn
(Rowlie Palmer)
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