Lassie Come Home (1943)

Lassie Come Home is a 1943 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor feature film starring Roddy McDowall and canine actor Pal in a story about Joe Carraclough, a Yorkshire youngster, and his rough collie, Lassie.

Due to financial constraints, the parents of little Joe Carraclough (Roddy McDowall) sell his beloved dog, Lassie, to the Duke of Rudling in a tiny Yorkshire village during the Great Depression (Nigel Bruce). After the duke brings the collie to his Scottish estate, his granddaughter (Elizabeth Taylor) notices that the dog is missing her previous owner and lets her go. The faithful dog starts off on her long trip to rejoin her loving family, facing great dangers and small kindnesses along the way.

Detailed Information:
Directed by: Fred M. Wilcox
Starring: Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, Dame May Whitty, Edmund Gwenn
Release date: October 7, 1943
Running time: 89minutes