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Challenge to Lassie: Directed by Richard Thorpe. With Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Brooks, Reginald Owen. When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.
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- Drama, Family
- Richard Thorpe
- 1949-10-31
Challenge to Lassie is an American drama directed by Richard Thorpe in Technicolor and released October 31, 1949, by MGM Studios. It was the fifth feature film starring the original Lassie, a collie named Pal, and the fourth and final Lassie film starring Donald Crisp.
Lassie's owner 'Jock' Gray (Donald Crisp) is killed by two thieves. Lassie will not rest unless she's sleeping by his grave. Unfortunately the laws in Scotland do not allow dogs in the graveyard and any dog that does not have an owner must be destroyed. Residents of the town try to save Lassie from being put to sleep against the nasty old judges.
Overview. When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.
In Challenge to Lassie (1949), aging Scottish shepherd Jock (Donald Crisp) takes lovable stray collie Lassie under his wing and teaches her to be an ace sheep dog. The two are inseparable until Jock dies suddenly, leaving Lassie heartbroken and homeless.
- Richard Thorpe, Al Jennings
- Edmund Gwenn
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Set in Scotland in 1860, the film tells the story of a rough collie named Lassie whose master, Jock Gray, is killed by robbers in Edinburgh. After his death, the dog keeps a constant vigil beside her master's grave in Greyfriars Kirkyard, which is in violation of the local dog laws.
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