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Director:
Richard Thorpe
Writers:
Eleanor Atkinson (novel)
William Ludwig (writer)
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Release Date:
31 October 1949 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Drama | Family See more »
Plot:
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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NewsDesk:
Philip French's screen legends Edmund Gwenn 1877-1959
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 19 December 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)
User Reviews:
An Evil, Evil Film See more (8 total) »

Cast

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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
Pal ... Lassie (as Lassie)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harry Allen ... Shepherd (uncredited)
David Bair ... Tenement Child (uncredited)

Kathryn Beaumont ... Tenement Child (uncredited)
Barry Bernard ... Thief (uncredited)
Matthew Boulton ... Butcher (uncredited)
George Bunny ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Leonard Carey ... Patron of Dining Room (uncredited)

Paul Collins ... Tenement Child (uncredited)
Campbell Copelin ... Thief (uncredited)
Harry Cording ... Adam, the Blacksmith (uncredited)
James Craven ... Sentry (uncredited)
Jack Deery ... Magistrate (uncredited)
Vernon Downing ... Marching Soldier (uncredited)
David Dunbar ... Driver (uncredited)
Madge Erwin ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Herbert Evans ... Magistrate (uncredited)
James Fairfax ... Angus, a Waiter (uncredited)
Al Ferguson ... Minor Role (uncredited)
James Finlayson ... Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Richard Glynn ... Tenement Child (uncredited)
Mary Gordon ... Tenement Neighbor (uncredited)
Robert Hale ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Gerald Hamer ... Diner (uncredited)
Alec Harford ... Shepherd (uncredited)
Sam Harris ... Magistrate (uncredited)

Jimmy Hawkins ... Tenement Child (uncredited)
T. Arthur Hughes ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten ... Reeves (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp ... Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
Colin Kenny ... Bailiff (uncredited)
Guy Kingsford ... Soldier (uncredited)
Connie Leon ... Mrs. Traill (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd ... Landlady (uncredited)
James Logan ... Soldier (uncredited)
Stanley Mann ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Harry Martin ... Soldier (uncredited)
Clive Morgan ... Court Clerk (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie ... Constable with Net (uncredited)
Eric Noonan ... Sergeant (uncredited)
Patrick O'Moore ... Soldier (uncredited)
Tudor Owen ... Doctor (uncredited)
Louis Payne ... Magistrate (uncredited)
Gordon Richards ... Constable (uncredited)
Violet Seaton ... Minor Role (uncredited)
John Sheffield ... First Court Clerk (uncredited)
Agnes Steele ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Colin Tapley ... Officer on Horseback (uncredited)
Cyril Thornton ... Diner (uncredited)
David Thursby ... Constable (uncredited)
Eric Wilton ... Magistrate (uncredited)
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Directed by
Richard Thorpe 
 
Writing credits
Eleanor Atkinson (novel "Greyfriars Bobby")

William Ludwig (writer)

Produced by
Robert Sisk .... producer
 
Original Music by
André Previn 
 
Cinematography by
Charles Edgar Schoenbaum (director of photography) (as Charles Schoenbaum)
 
Film Editing by
George White 
 
Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons 
Eddie Imazu 
 
Set Decoration by
Edwin B. Willis 
 
Costume Design by
Valles (costumes: men)
 
Makeup Department
Jack Dawn .... makeup designer
Sydney Guilaroff .... hair designer
 
Art Department
Hugh Hunt .... associate set decorator
 
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer .... recording supervisor
 
Special Effects by
Warren Newcombe .... special effects
 
Music Department
Robert Franklyn .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
James Gooch .... technicolor color consultant
Henri Jaffa .... technicolor color consultant
 
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Runtime:
76 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:S | USA:G | Sweden:Btl
Filming Locations:
Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)See more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
This story is based loosely on that of "Greyfriars Bobby", which has appeared in several film versions.See more »
Goofs:
Continuity: When Lassie is crawling out of the river, the POV is from the river and the river is running from left to right. When she comes over the bank, the POV is toward the river, the water is running from left to right.See more »
Movie Connections:
Featured in Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949)See more »

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5 out of 32 people found the following review useful.
An Evil, Evil Film, 25 October 2001
Author: Mark Poole (markrpoole@hotmail.com) from London, England

Long before Mel Gibson and his Braveheart chums erroneously and treacherously painted Robert the Bruce as a traitor to the people he served so heroically, Hollywood was trampling all over the memory of that other great Scottish hero, Greyfriar's Bobby. Challenge to Lassie removes the faithful terrier, replacing him with some big shot American sheepdog, surrounded by 'actors' whose Scottish accents are so bad you wonder if they've given up half way through, tried an Irish one, realised they're not much cop at that either and tried Scottish again to no avail.

Hopefully Braveheart will pay the same price for attempting to alter Scotland's proud history and be as anonymous in forty odd years as Challenge to Lassie is now.

An evil, evil film.

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