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Hills of Home

Hills of Home

M-G-M's thrilling adventure of young love in the hills!

19486.81h 37mNR

Overview

William McClure is the villlage doctor in a remote Scottish glen. Tricked into buying Lassie, a collie afraid of water, he sets about teaching her to swim. At the same time he has the bigger problem that he is getting older and must ensure the glen will have a new local doctor ready.

Directed by Fred M. Wilcox
Written by William Ludwig, Ian Maclaren, Eric Knight
Produced by Robert Sisk
Box OfficeBudget: $1.9MRevenue: $2.3M

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Top Cast

Edmund Gwenn

Edmund Gwenn

Mr. Milton

Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp

Drumsheugh

Tom Drake

Tom Drake

Mr. Milton

Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh

Margit Mitchell

Rhys Williams

Rhys Williams

Mr. Milton

Alan Napier

Alan Napier

Sir George

Reginald Owen

Reginald Owen

Hopps

Edmund Breon

Edmund Breon

Jamie Soutar

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Themes & Keywords

scotlanddoglassie

About Hills of Home

Hills of Home is a family, adventure, action, drama film released in 1948 exploring themes of scotland, dog, lassie. Directed by Fred M. Wilcox, it stars Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Tom Drake. William McClure is the villlage doctor in a remote Scottish glen. Tricked into buying Lassie, a collie afraid of water, he sets about teaching her to swim. At the same time he has the bigger problem that he is getting older and must ensure the glen will have a new local doctor ready.

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