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Lassie Come Home

Lassie Come Home

A Thrilling Saga Of Courage And Loyalty !

19436.71h 28m

Overview

Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling to remain apart from young Carraclough son Joe and sets out on a long and dangerous journey to rejoin him.

Directed by Fred M. Wilcox
Written by Hugo Butler, Eric Knight
Produced by Dore Schary, Samuel Marx
Box OfficeBudget: $666KRevenue: $4.5M

Top Cast

Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowall

Joe Carraclough

Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp

Sam Carraclough

May Whitty

May Whitty

Dally

Edmund Gwenn

Edmund Gwenn

Rowlie Palmer

Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Duke of Rudling

Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester

Mrs. Helen Carraclough

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Priscilla

Ben Webster

Ben Webster

Dan'l Fadden

J. Pat O'Malley

J. Pat O'Malley

Hynes

Alan Napier

Alan Napier

Jock

Themes & Keywords

scotlandhuman animal relationshiphonestyyorkshiredogcollie doglassiejourneypets

About Lassie Come Home

Lassie Come Home is a family, adventure, drama film released in 1943 exploring themes of scotland, human animal relationship, honesty, yorkshire, dog, collie dog. Directed by Fred M. Wilcox, it stars Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, May Whitty. Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling to remain apart from young Carraclough son Joe and sets out on a long and dangerous journey to rejoin him.

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