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Challenge to Lassie (1949)
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31 October 1949 (USA)
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When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared. full summary | add synopsis
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Another Lassie film, this one based on "Greyfriars Bobby"...
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Edmund Gwenn | ... | John Traill |
| Donald Crisp | ... | 'Jock' Gray |
| Geraldine Brooks | ... | Susan Brown |
| Reginald Owen | ... | Sergeant Davie |
| Alan Webb | ... | James Brown |
| Ross Ford | ... | William Traill |
| Henry Stephenson | ... | Sir Charles Loring |
| Alan Napier | ... | Lord Provost |
| Sara Allgood | ... | Mrs. MacFarland |
| Edmund Breon | ... | Magistrate |
| Arthur Shields | ... | Dr. Lee |
| Lumsden Hare | ... | MacFarland |
| Charles Irwin | ... | Sergeant Major |
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| Pal | ... | Lassie |
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76 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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This story is based loosely on that of "Greyfriars Bobby", which has appeared in several film versions.
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Featured in Some of the Best (1949)
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How does the movie end?Is "Challenge to Lassie" based on a book?
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The Scottish tale about a terrier has been altered to suit a famous MGM collie by the name of LASSIE--nothing wrong with that and no reason for another commentator to call this movie "evil". Isn't that carrying the notion of "politically incorrect" a bit too far??? The novel, of course, was "Greyfriar's Bobby", the story about a dog's faithful devotion to a departed master who insisted on sleeping on the man's grave.
MGM's roster of British talent play the Scots with varying degrees of success, including EDMUND GWENN, DONALD CRISP, HENRY STEPHENSON and REGINALD OWEN, with young GERALDINE BROOKS in the only important female role.
It passes the time pleasantly with the usual competent production values, but can't be ranked among the best of the Lassie films.