After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home.After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home.After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total
May Whitty
- Dally
- (as Dame May Whitty)
J. Pat O'Malley
- Hynes
- (as J. Patrick O'Malley)
May Beatty
- Heavy Woman
- (uncredited)
George Broughton
- Allen
- (uncredited)
Sherlee Collier
- Little Girl
- (uncredited)
Howard Davies
- Cobbler
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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- TriviaDame Elizabeth Taylor replaced Maria Flynn in the role of Priscilla. Some sources say Flynn was afraid of the dog on the set; others say that she grew taller than Roddy McDowall or that the strong Technicolor lighting caused her eyes to water. In any case, production was halted. Producer Samuel Marx was walking the 600 block of North Foothill Road in Beverly Hills doing his nightly patrol as an air raid warden when he met Francis Taylor, who patrolled the 700 block. Knowing he and Sara Taylor wanted to get their daughter into the movies, he asked him to bring Elizabeth to the studio. There she was introduced to Lassie and the production resumed.
- GoofsWhile speaking about whether to keep Lassie or not it is obvious that the large hearth behind the elderly couple is a drop screen. Shadows from the lights show behind the couple from the viewer's left to right, but the shadows on the hearth shine from the opposite direction.
- Quotes
Joe Carraclough: Ye're my Lassie come home.
- ConnectionsEdited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
- SoundtracksAmerica the Beautiful
(1882) (uncredited)
Music by Samuel A. Ward (1882)
Lyrics by Katharine Lee Bates (1895)
In the score during the forward
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Even the terminator would cry at the end of this one.
I'm not going to say much about this movie...because it is, of course, very good...BUT the end is what i want to talk about. I'm a guy so it humbles me a little to make the following comment: It makes you so happy to see that Lassie has overcome the most impossible odds just to meet Joe at school, Ya just start bawling like a lil baby! they will be some of the happiest tears you'll ever cry. 9 out of 10 just because the end makes up for any downfalls the movie might have!(not that it has many)
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- mistahcal
- Aug 7, 2003
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- Gross worldwide
- $99,248
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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