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    Challenge to Lassie

    Poster of the movie Challenge to Lassie
    1949     Drama    
    USA
    1h 16min

    In this tale of a stray puppy and the kind man who raises her to be a sheepherder, the two become inseparable until one fateful night when the sheepherder is killed and the law becomes a Challenge to Lassie. According to the legal code of Edinburgh, a dog whose ownership cannot be proven must be killed, so Lassie finds herself standing trial for her life. In desperation, Lassie attempts a daring escape down a treacherous mountainside. But the town's children come to Lassie's defense, and in a generous gesture, the court names Lassie a citizen of Edinburgh, ending the need for anyone to own her.

    Directed byRichard Thorpe
    Written byWilliam Ludwig, Eleanor Atkinson
    CompanyMGMMGMMGM

    Starring

    Edmund Gwenn
    Donald Crisp
    Sara Allgood
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