Lassie Come Home

1943
Approved
1h 29m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

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Roddy McDowall and Pal in Lassie Come Home (1943)

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Animal Adventure Coming-of-Age Adventure Drama Family

After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home.After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home.After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

YOUR RATING

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total

Dally
(as Dame May Whitty)

Edmund Gwenn

Rowlie

Nigel Bruce

Duke of Rudling

Elsa Lanchester

Mrs. Carraclough

Elizabeth Taylor

Priscilla

Ben Webster

Dan'l Fadden

J. Pat O'Malley

Hynes
(as J. Patrick O'Malley)

Alan Napier

Jock

Arthur Shields

Andrew

John Rogers

Snickers

Alec Craig

Buckles

Pal

Lassie
(as Lassie)

May Beatty

Heavy Woman
(uncredited)

George Broughton

Allen
(uncredited)

Sherlee Collier

Little Girl
(uncredited)

Howard Davies

Cobbler
(uncredited)

Director
- Fred M. Wilcox
Writers
- Hugo Butler
- Eric Knight
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Dame Elizabeth Taylor replaced Maria Flynn in the role of Priscilla. Some sources say Flynn was afraid of the dog on the set; others say that she grew taller than Roddy McDowall or that the strong Technicolor lighting caused her eyes to water. In any case, production was halted. Producer Samuel Marx was walking the 600 block of North Foothill Road in Beverly Hills doing his nightly patrol as an air raid warden when he met Francis Taylor, who patrolled the 700 block. Knowing he and Sara Taylor wanted to get their daughter into the movies, he asked him to bring Elizabeth to the studio. There she was introduced to Lassie and the production resumed.

Goofs
While speaking about whether to keep Lassie or not it is obvious that the large hearth behind the elderly couple is a drop screen. Shadows from the lights show behind the couple from the viewer's left to right, but the shadows on the hearth shine from the opposite direction.

Quotes
Joe Carraclough: Ye're my Lassie come home.

Connections
Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)

Soundtracks
America the Beautiful
(1882) (uncredited)
Music by Samuel A. Ward (1882)
Lyrics by Katharine Lee Bates (1895)
In the score during the forward

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Review

Featured review

8/10

Lots of fun

I was expecting to hate this film. After all it's a kids film (I'm 37). I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it! It's one of those few films that works for both adults and children. It's in color (which was rare in the early 1940s), has a simple story and never becomes too sentimental or childish. It's particularly fun seeing Elizabeth Taylor and Roddy McDowall as children; Elsa Lancaster as roddy's mother(!!!); and Nigel Bruce NOT playing Doctor Watson for once and actually proving he could be gruff and aggressive in a performance. Best of all though, is Lassie. I don't know how they did it, but the dog (actually a male dog named Pal) gives in an astonishing performance. Just the expressions on her(his) face tells you what she(he) is thinking! Also has a great ending that is very moving (in a good way). Very well woth seeing. Only complaint--the color in this film is so washed out! Why doesn't someone restore it?