Lassie Come Home is a 1943 MGM film starring Roddy McDowall and canine actor, Pal, in a story about the profound bond between Yorkshire boy Joe Carraclough and his rough collie, Lassie. The film was directed by Fred M. Wilcox from a screenplay by Hugo Butler based upon the 1940 novel Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight. The film was the first in a series of seven MGM films starring "Lassie." The original film saw a sequel, Son of Lassie in 1945 with five other films following at intervals through the 1940s. A British remake of the 1943 movie was released in 2005 as Lassie to moderate success. The... film has been released to VHS and DVD. Set in Depression-era Yorkshire, England, Mr. and Mrs. Carraclough are hit by hard times and forced to sell their collie, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling, who has always admired her. Young Joe Carraclough grows despondent at the loss of his companion. Lassie will have nothing to do with the Duke, however, and finds ways to escape her kennels and return to Joe. The Duke finally carries Lassie to his home hundreds of miles distant in Scotland. There, his granddaughter Priscilla senses the dog's unhappiness and arranges her escape.
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| Release date: | October 7, 1943 |
| Directed by: | Fred Wilcox |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 89 Minutes |
| Producer: | Samuel Marx, Dore Schary |
| Editor: | Ben Lewis |
| Music by: | Daniele Amfitheatrof |
| Cinematography: | Charles P. Boyle, Leonard Smith |
| Screenplay by: | Hugo Butler |
| Estimated budget: | $666,000 |
| Adapted from: | Lassie Come-Home |
| Genre: | Adventure |