Hills of Home (1948)
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MGM's Lassie series was declining in popularity by 1948, so the studio decided to release its latest adventure of the famous collie as Hills of Home, so that non-Lassie fans might be inveigled into entering the theatre. Actually, Hills is one of the best entries in the series, due in no small… More MGM's Lassie series was declining in popularity by 1948, so the studio decided to release its latest adventure of the famous collie as Hills of Home, so that non-Lassie fans might be inveigled into entering the theatre. Actually, Hills is one of the best entries in the series, due in no small part to the engaging performance by Edmund Gwenn. Playing a Scottish doctor, Gwenn adopts Lassie, who in this film has an unnatural aversion to water; she'll drink it, but won't swim in it. Gwenn spends most of the film trying to cure Lassie of her fears, but she remains water-shy until Gwenn's life is put in danger and the dog is forced to dive into a raving river. The doctor dies as the result of the ordeal, but not before beneficently passing on Lassie's ownership to romantic leads Janet Leigh and Tom Drake. Lensed in restful Technicolor, Hills of Home was based on Ian McClaren's Doctor of the Old School, which had previously been filmed without Lassie in 1923. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Fred M. Wilcox, Fred Wilcox
- Written By
- William Ludwig
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure
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Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Great Lassie pic.
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Cast
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Edmund Gwenn
as Dr. William MacLure
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Donald Crisp
as Drumsheugh
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Tom Drake
as Tammas Milton
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Janet Leigh
as Margit Mitchell
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Rhys Williams
as Mr. Milton
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Reginald Owen
as Hopps
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Edmund Breon
as Jaimie Soutar
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Alan Napier
as Sir George
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Lumsden Hare
as Lord Kilspindle
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Eileen Erskine
as Belle Saunders
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Victor Wood
as David Mitchell
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David Thursby
as Burnbrae
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Frederic Worlock
as Dr. Weston
- Lassie the Dog
