Lassie Come Home

The first in a series of MGM “Lassie” films, based on the 1940 novel Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight.

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.

Aroview: Brilliant emotional manipulation for all the family, with the impoverished parents of Roddy McDowall forced to sell their beloved Collie, who undertakes an epic journey to return to them. Features Elizabeth Taylor in her second-ever appearance.