Lassie Come Home

Lassie Come Home is a 1943 MetroGoldwynMayer 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 ComeHome by Eric Knight. The film was the first in a series of seven MGM films starring Lassie.

Set in Depressionera 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.Lassie will have nothing to do with the Duke, however, and finds ways to escape her kennels and return to Joe. The Duke finally carries Lassie to his home hundreds of miles distant in Scotland. There, his granddaughter Priscilla Elizabeth Taylor senses the dogs unhappiness and arranges her escape. ........

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