Category: Movies → Lassie Come Home (1943) [VHS/DVD]

Lassie Come Home is a 1943 MGM 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."

The original film saw a sequel, Son of Lassie in 1945 with five other films following at intervals through the 1940s.
In 1954, the Emmy-winning, long-running television series Lassie debuted on CBS, further cementing Lassie's iconic
status and making her a babyboomer favorite. A British remake of the 1943 movie was released in 2005 as Lassie to
moderate success. The original film and its sequels continue to air on television and have been released to VHS and DVD.