Lassie Come Home (movie)
1943 film by Fred M. Wilcox
Lassie Come Home is a 1943 MGM movie directed by Fred Wilcox. It stars Roddy McDowall, Elizabeth Taylor, and dog actor Pal. It tells the story of a dog who travels hundreds of miles to be reunited with the boy she loves. It is based on the 1940 book Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight.
| Lassie Come Home | |
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| Directed by | Fred M. Wilcox |
| Screenplay by | Hugo Butler |
| Based on | Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight |
| Produced by | Samuel Marx |
| Starring | Pal Roddy McDowall Donald Crisp Dame May Whitty Edmund Gwenn Elizabeth Taylor Nigel Bruce Elsa Lanchester J. Patrick O'Malley |
| Cinematography | Leonard Smith |
| Edited by | Ben Lewis |
| Music by | Daniele Amfitheatrof |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color. The Lassie character became the main character in six other MGM "Lassie" movies. In 1993, Lassie Come Home was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
