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This television film based on the autobiographical novels of country veterinarian James Herriot predates the popular British TV series of the same name by several years. Shot on location in the pictur...( read more  read more... )esque Yorkshire countryside, it is utterly charming and features quite an illustrious cast. Academy Award-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins is terrific as the dedicated, exasperating Dr. Siegfried Farnon, who takes young Herriot, fresh out of a London veterinary college, on as his assistant. Herriot is appealingly played by Simon Ward (perhaps best known as the Duke of Buckingham in The Three Musketeers). The movie opens as Herriot arrives for an interview with Farnon. Dressed in his spotless Saville Row suit, Herriot is immediately swept along on a "horse call" and finds himself treating a messy injury. This is the life that Herriot always dreamed of! Like the series, the movie is a must for animal lovers. (Yes, Mrs. Pumphrey is here with her pampered lap dog, Tricky Woo.) It's also delightfully romantic, as it follows the courtship between Herriot and his bride-to-be, Helen (lovely Lisa Harrow). Droll British humor and authentic period detail cap off a thoroughly satisfying production. --Laura Mirsky

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Unrated, 1 hr. 31 min.

Directed by: Claude Whatham

Release Date: January 1, 1974

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DVD Release Date: November 14, 2000

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  • penobsct69
    August 25, 2008
    penobsct69
    My ALL time favorite t.v. series.
  • tpb0
    May 15, 2008
    tpb0
    I prefer the Brittish series though.
  • fetsiboomsticks
    July 9, 2007
    fetsiboomsticks
    Solid. Not much like the books if you ask me.
  • splendiferous2001
    April 4, 2007
    splendiferous2001
    Loses an entire star for being untrue to the books in a single scene and thus actually casting a slur on James Herriot's reputation - he stood his ground in real life, insisted that that farmer's cows hadn't been struck by lightning and didn't lie.
  • laueptk
    March 29, 2007
    laueptk
    I bought the tv programs on dvd, i loved them!
  • SarahJoyFrost
    December 3, 2006
    SarahJoyFrost
    I would like to see this, i think...
  • vantandil
    October 19, 2006
    vantandil
    enjoyed the tv series

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  • Simon Ward became the first actor to play vet James Herriot on the screen in the 1974 film "All Creatures Great and Small", but who played his boss, Siegfried Farnon?  Answer »
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