Animal Movie Poster
Challenge to Lassie (1949)

Challenge to Lassie (1949) Resolution: 1287x2500
Description
Challenge to Lassie is an American drama directed by Richard Thorpe 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 that Donald Crisp would star in. The movie is based on Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson's book Greyfriars Bobby which in turn is based on a true story. Twelve years after starring in Challenge to Lassie, Crisp would star in another movie based on the novel, Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog. Set in Scotland in 1860, the film tells the story of a rough collie named Lassie whose master, Jock Gray, is killed by robbers in Edinburgh. After his death, the dog keeps a constant vigil beside her master's grave in Greyfriars Kirkyard, which is in violation of the local dog laws. In the original novel, the title dog was a Skye Terrier named Bobby and his owner dies from pneumonia.
Tags
Challenge to Lassie, 1949, Richard Thorpe, Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Brooks, Reginald Owen, Alan Webb, Ross Ford, Henry Stephenson, Alan Napier, Sara Allgood, Edmund Breon, Arthur Shields, Lumsden Hare, Charles Irwin, Pal, Pal the Dog, Lassie, animal film, dog
Out-Links
IMDB - Challenge to Lassie (1949) DVD @ Amazon - Challenge to Lassie (1949) Google - Challenge to Lassie (1949)