The Painted Hills (1951)

Director:

Harold F. Kress

Writers:

Alexander Hull (novel)
True Boardman (writer)

Release Date:

4 May 1951 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Western

Plot:

A Lassie movie. After years of prospecting, Jonathan finally strikes gold. He returns to town only to...

Plot Keywords:

Lassie | Gold | Poison | River | Gold Digger

Cast

Pal	...	Shep (as Lassie)
Paul Kelly	...	Jonathan Harvey
Bruce Cowling	...	Lin Taylor
Gary Gray	...	Tommy Blake
Art Smith	...	Pilot Pete
Ann Doran	...	Martha Blake
Chief Yowlachie	...	Bald Eagle
Andrea Virginia Lester	...	Mita
Brown Jug Reynolds	...	Red Wing

Also Known As:

Lassie's Adventures in the Goldrush (USA) (alternative title)
Lassie's Christmas Story (USA) (DVD title)

Runtime:

68 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:G | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (video rating) (2005) | UK:U (original rating) | USA:G

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

In October 1951, MGM was distributing this film on the drive-in theater circuit on a double bill with The Great Caruso (1951) starring Mario Lanza.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Painted Hills (#6.10)" (1993)

Not feeling suicidal enough? This is the movie for you!

A Lassie movie which should have been "put to sleep".... FOREVER. That's how I'd describe this painfully dreary time-waster of a film. So mediocre in every aspect that it just becomes a dull, uninteresting mess, this is one of the most forgettable movies I've seen. It isn't even an achievement as a "so-bad-it's-good" or "so-bad-it's-memorable" movie. The idea of Lassie turning bad is intriguing but so little actually happens, and so slowly, that you feel your life slipping away while sitting there, watching the non-actors read their lines off cue cards waiting for their measly paychecks.

It's an empty, hollow shell of a movie. Seriously, it's not worth wasting your, or your kid's time on. Unless you're both heavily medicated. That's all I have to say.

Avoid, avoid, avoid! It will drive you barking mad! Hahahah, get it? BARKING! Hahahahahahaha!

Sorry, I've had a rough week.