Lassie Come Home

Based On the book by Eric Knight

Lassie Come Home is a 1943 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor feature film starring Roddy McDowall and canine actor Pal, in a story about the profound bond between Yorkshire boy Joe Carraclough and his rough collie, Lassie. The film was directed by Fred M. Wilcox from a screenplay by Hugo Butler based upon the 1940 novel Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight. The film was the first in a series of seven MGM films starring "Lassie". In 1993, Lassie Come Home was included in the annual selection of 25 motion pictures added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and recommended for preservation.

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Release date:

October 7, 1943

Director:

Fred M. Wilcox

Cast:

Roddy McDowall, Elsa Lanchester, Donald Crisp, Nigel Bruce, Edmund Gwenn

Genre:

Drama, Children's

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1943 in adaptations