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Dame May Whitty, Donald Crisp, Edmund Gwenn

Lassie Come Home is a classic for all the usual reasons: its timeless, universal appeal, its first-of-its-kind status, and its exceptional cinematography, direction, and performances. What make...( read more  read more... )s this 1943 charmer especially fun for grownups who haven't screened it since their own preteen, pet-obsessed days, though, is a couple of cute-as-a-button cast members. An adorably over-earnest Roddy McDowall stars as Joe, the mostly hapless lad whom Lassie refuses to part with despite his down-and-out family's decision to sell her, for a paltry 15 guineas, to a wealthy duke; and Elizabeth Taylor, already stunning at around age 10, surrenders a sweet if mawkish performance as Priscilla, the Duke's tenderhearted granddaughter, who lends a hand in Lassie's escape from her family's unkind kennel master and winks her way into winning the fearless pup a permanent place at her true master's side. Beyond that, it's no mystery why generations of dog-loving audiences have marveled at the precocious collie's career--Lassie is a great actor. She so convincingly digs impossible trenches, leaps towering fences, swims raging rivers, knocks out bad guys, and betrays the essence of brokenheartedness with her bedraggled coat and woebegone expressions that it's sometimes hard to shake the suspicion that she's really an incredibly limber person in a cute dog suit. All told, Lassie Come Home delivers a lot to love, not the least of which is the deeply dramatic score--quirky sounding to the modern ear--which returns audiences to simpler, irony-free times, as does the movie's message of loyalty at all costs. --Tammy La Gorce

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G, 89 min.

Directed by: Fred M. Wilcox

Release Date: January 1, 1943

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DVD Release Date: August 24, 2004

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Flixster Reviews (163)

  • threefolddado
    July 16, 2008
    threefolddado
    If you don't like this movie you better see the wizard about a heart.
  • jam233
    October 15, 2009
    jam233
    I am not too into the Lassie films, but this is certainly one of the best of them. The cast is good, especially a very young Elizabeth Taylor. It's an emotional film, very much a tearjerker. Well produced.
  • ObsessiveOne
    September 10, 2009
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  • hitandrunfacetofacedreams
    July 19, 2009
    hitandrunfacetofacedreams
    just for seeing elizabeth and roddy
  • braddad68
    May 2, 2009
    braddad68
    A class act! Great movie for all!
  • XxLebaneseGirlXx
    August 30, 2008
    XxLebaneseGirlXx
    Awwww,I want a Lassie =)
  • suzanne773
    August 13, 2008
    suzanne773
    Fantastic! Infact my dog Bouncer watches it.
  • syosset57
    August 6, 2008
    syosset57
    if this movie doesn't
    bring a tear to your eye--you're dead

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