Lassie Come Home (1943)
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Female dogs tend to shed while in heat; this is why all the collies who've played doggy heroine Lassie in the movies have actually been well-disguised males. A magnificent animal named Pal was the screen's first Lassie in 1943's Lassie Come Home. Set in Yorkshire during the first World… More Female dogs tend to shed while in heat; this is why all the collies who've played doggy heroine Lassie in the movies have actually been well-disguised males. A magnificent animal named Pal was the screen's first Lassie in 1943's Lassie Come Home. Set in Yorkshire during the first World War, the film gets under way when the poverty-stricken parents (Donald Crisp, Elsa Lanchester) of young Joe Carraclough (Roddy McDowall) are forced to sell his beloved Lassie. While her new master, the duke of Rudling (Nigel Bruce), is pleasant enough, Lassie prefers the company of Joe and repeatedly escapes. Even when cared for by the duke's affectionate granddaughter, Priscilla (Elizabeth Taylor), Lassie insists upon heading back to her original home. This time, however, the trip is much longer, and Lassie must depend upon the kindness of strangers, notably farmers Dally (Dame May Whitty) and Dan'l Fadden (Ben Webster) and handyman Rowlie (Edmund Gwenn). Based on the novel by Eric Knight (originally serialized in The Saturday Evening Post), Lassie Come Home was released quite some time after Knight's death. Like all the Lassie sequels turned out by MGM between 1943 and 1951, Lassie Come Home was lensed in Technicolor. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Fred M. Wilcox, Fred Wilcox
- Written By
- Hugo Butler, Eric Knight
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Classics
G,
- In Theaters
- Oct 7, 1943 Wide
- Studio
- MGM
Critic Reviews
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, TIME Magazine
Lassie celebrates nothing more profound than the simple and timeworn relationship of a boy and a dog. It dramatizes the uncomplicated goodness of an animal in a complicated human world.
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Variety Staff, Variety
Lassie emerges as nice entertainment enhanced by color photography and good scenic shots.
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Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Nobody made this heart-warming fluff better than MGM.
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Bosley Crowther, New York Times
A thorough delight.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The classic 1943 canine weepie about a collie who crosses most of Britain to return to the little boy who loves her.
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Cast
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Roddy McDowall
as Joe Carraclough
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Donald Crisp
as Sam Carraclough
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Dame May Whitty
as Dally
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Edmund Gwenn
as Rowlie
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Nigel Bruce
as Duke of Rudling
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Elsa Lanchester
as Mrs. Carraclough
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Elizabeth Taylor
as Priscilla
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Ben Webster
as Dan'l Fadden
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Alan Napier
as Andrew
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Arthur Shields
as Jock
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John Rogers
as Buckles
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Alec Craig
as Snickers
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May Beatty
as Fat Woman
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George Broughton
as Allen
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Howard Davies
as Cobbler
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Charles Irwin
as Tom
- Lassie the Dog
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Nelson Leigh
as Teacher
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Pat O'Malley
as Hynes
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Pal the Dog
as Lassie
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Roy Parry
as Butcher
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John Power
as Miner
- Roddy Mc Dowall
