Hills of home

Starring everybody’s favourite dog, Lassie, this entertaining and enjoyable family film centres around a remote Scottish village and its only doctor (played by Edmund Gwenn) who decides to adopt Lassie. However unbeknownst to the doctor, Lassie has an aversion to water and even though the good doctor patiently tries to work her through this fear, it is not until Lassie is put to the test of saving the doctor’s life that the fear is finally overcome. Cast also includes Janet Leigh and Tom Drake.

Credits

Directed by
Fred M. Wilcox
Written by
William Ludwig
Cast
Janet Leigh, Donald Crisp, Alan Napier, Edmund Gwenn, Lassie, Phyllis Morris, Lumsden Hare, Tom Drake, Rhys Williams, Edmund Breon, Reginald Owen, Douglas Walton
Cinematography
Charles Schoenbaum
Music
Herbert Stothart
Edited by
Ralph E. Winters

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q918180 ↗ — year, creator, length, color, country, genre, credits