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Challenge to Lassie

  • 19491949
  • GG
  • 1h 16m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
621
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Challenge to Lassie (1949)
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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When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.
IMDb RATING
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621
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    • Richard Thorpe
    • William Ludwig(screenplay)
    • Eleanor Atkinson(based on the novel About A Skye Terrier, "Greyfriars Bobby")
  • Stars
    • Edmund Gwenn
    • Donald Crisp
    • Geraldine Brooks
    • Richard Thorpe
    • William Ludwig(screenplay)
    • Eleanor Atkinson(based on the novel About A Skye Terrier, "Greyfriars Bobby")
  • Stars
    • Edmund Gwenn
    • Donald Crisp
    • Geraldine Brooks
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 11User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Donald Crisp and Pal in Challenge to Lassie (1949)
    Geraldine Brooks and Pal in Challenge to Lassie (1949)
    Geraldine Brooks, Ross Ford, and Pal in Challenge to Lassie (1949)
    Edmund Gwenn and Pal in Challenge to Lassie (1949)
    Geraldine Brooks and Pal in Challenge to Lassie (1949)
    Edmund Gwenn and Arthur Shields in Challenge to Lassie (1949)
    Geraldine Brooks, Alan Webb, and Pal in Challenge to Lassie (1949)
    Edmund Gwenn, Olaf Hytten, and Pal in Challenge to Lassie (1949)
    Donald Crisp, Edmund Gwenn, and Pal in Challenge to Lassie (1949)
    Donald Crisp and Pal in Challenge to Lassie (1949)
    Donald Crisp and Pal in Challenge to Lassie (1949)
    Donald Crisp and Edmund Gwenn in Challenge to Lassie (1949)

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    Edmund Gwenn
    Edmund Gwenn
    • John Traill
    Donald Crisp
    Donald Crisp
    • 'Jock' Gray
    Geraldine Brooks
    Geraldine Brooks
    • Susan Brown
    Reginald Owen
    Reginald Owen
    • Sergeant Davie
    Alan Webb
    Alan Webb
    • James Brown
    Ross Ford
    Ross Ford
    • William Traill
    Henry Stephenson
    Henry Stephenson
    • Sir Charles Loring
    Alan Napier
    Alan Napier
    • Lord Provost
    Sara Allgood
    Sara Allgood
    • Mrs. MacFarland
    Edmund Breon
    Edmund Breon
    • Magistrate
    Arthur Shields
    Arthur Shields
    • Dr. Lee
    Lumsden Hare
    Lumsden Hare
    • MacFarland
    Charles Irwin
    Charles Irwin
    • Sergeant Major
    Pal
    • Lassie
    • (as Lassie)
    Harry Allen
    • Shepherd
    • (uncredited)
    David Bair
    • Tenement Child
    • (uncredited)
    Kathryn Beaumont
    Kathryn Beaumont
    • Tenement Child
    • (uncredited)
    Barry Bernard
    • Thief
    • (uncredited)
      • Richard Thorpe
      • William Ludwig(screenplay)
      • Eleanor Atkinson(based on the novel About A Skye Terrier, "Greyfriars Bobby")
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    • Trivia
      This story is based loosely on that of "Greyfriars Bobby", which has appeared in several film versions.
    • Goofs
      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.
    • Connections
      Featured in Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949)

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    5/10
    Greyfriars Lassie
    Edmund Gwenn and Donald Crisp join Lassie the Collie once more after having been teamed in the otherwise-unrelated "The Hills Of Home" from 1948. This heart-tugging, family-oriented saga, based on the book "Greyfriars Bobby" by Eleanor Atkinson, involves stray, untagged Lassie with a crusty old coot who can't figure out why the dog has a confounding need to get into the Greyfriars Churchyard, where animals are forbidden. Geraldine Brooks is the proverbial pretty girl/Elizabeth Taylor substitute, Kathryn Beaumont has an uncredited bit as a neighborhood child, Gwenn is his usual spunky self, yet the whole show belongs to Lassie. Whether crossing a wide river, digging her way out of a barn, climbing out a window, or outwitting the hysterical humans, the dog is shown to a star's advantage. Story remade by Disney in 1960 (under the original title and with a Skye terrier in the lead). ** from ****
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    • Sep 10, 2009

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    • Release date
      • October 31, 1949 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • 1 hour 16 minutes

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