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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 .
- US October 31, 1949
- Robert Sisk
Film Details. Also Known As. Greyfriars Bobby, Highland Lassie. MPAA Rating. Genre. Drama. Adventure. Release Date. Dec 16, 1949. Premiere Information. not available. Production Company. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.
- Richard Thorpe, Al Jennings
- Edmund Gwenn
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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
Turns out Lassie was the one who was bitten by the snake. She wanders into the forest, is given up for dead, but returns later all covered in mud. The mud has drawn the snake's poison out of the bite. The wife of the couple who own Lassie gets very sick and is taken care of by a nurse.
Pal didn't always play a character named "Lassie" in his movies. In Courage of Lassie he was "Bill," in The Painted Hills he was "Shep," and, in the oddest bit of casting, in Son of Lassie, he plays just that, Lassie's son Laddie. Lassie is played by another dog! Challenge to Lassie is based on the story of Greyfriars Bobby. Bobby, a Skye ...
Challenge to Lassie. Based on Eleanor Atkinson’s novel Greyfriars Bobby, Challenge to Lassie (1949) adapts the true story of a Skye Terrier in 19th-century Scotland who became famous after reportedly spending 14 years guarding his owner’s grave—until the dog’s own death in 1872. The following year, a prominent philanthropist (Lady ...
Challenge to Lassie is based on the 1912 novel Greyfriars Bobby by American writer Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson. The novel was adapted for the screen by American screenwriter William Ludwig.
