Lassie Come Home

Lassie Come Home
Roddy McDowall with "Lassie"
Directed by	Fred M. Wilcox
Written by	Novel: Eric Knight Screenplay: Hugo Butler
Produced by	Samuel Marx
Starring	Roddy McDowall Donald Crisp Dame May Whitty Edmund Gwenn Elizabeth Taylor Nigel Bruce Elsa Lanchester
Music by	Daniele Amfitheatrof
Release dates	October 7, 1943
Running time	89 min
Language	English

Lassie Come Home is a 1943 film set in Depression-era England which tells the story of a poor boy's dog who, when sold to a rich nobleman, makes a difficult journey to return home to her original owner. It stars Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Dame May Whitty, Edmund Gwenn, Nigel Bruce, Elsa Lanchester, Elizabeth Taylor, Ben Webster, J. Pat O'Malley, Alan Napier, and of course Lassie. A male collie named Pal, trained by Rudd Weatherwax, played Lassie.

The movie was adapted by Hugo Butler from the novel Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight. It was directed by Fred M. Wilcox.

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color.

The movie was followed by a sequel, Son of Lassie, in 1945.

This was the first of a long series of movies and television series starring Lassie, a collie dog. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

List of Lassie movies

• Lassie Come Home, 1943, with Roddy McDowall and Elizabeth Taylor
• Son of Lassie, 1945, including Peter Lawford
• Courage of Lassie, 1946, with Elizabeth Taylor
• Hills of Home, 1948
• Challenge to Lassie, 1949
• The Sun Comes Up, 1949
• Lassie, 1994, produced by Lorne Michaels
• Lassie, 2005, directed by Charles Sturridge, featuring Peter O'Toole This version is the only direct remake of Lassie Come Home, although the film Gypsy Colt and The Magic of Lassie borrow the basic idea of an animal being sold, escaping, and making a long journey back to its master. Walt Disney's The Incredible Journey also used a similar idea.

External links

• Lassie – official website