Lassie Come Home (movie)

Lassie Come Home is a 1943 MGM movie directed by Fred Wilcox. It stars Roddy McDowall, Elizabeth Taylor, and dog actor Pal. It tells the story of a dog who travels hundreds of miles to be reunited with the boy she loves. It is based on the 1940 book Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight.

Lassie Come Home
Directed by	Fred M. Wilcox
Screenplay by	Hugo Butler
Based on	Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight
Produced by	Samuel Marx
Starring	Pal Roddy McDowall Donald Crisp Dame May Whitty Edmund Gwenn Elizabeth Taylor Nigel Bruce Elsa Lanchester J. Patrick O'Malley
Cinematography	Leonard Smith
Edited by	Ben Lewis
Music by	Daniele Amfitheatrof
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	October 7, 1943 (1943-10-07)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color. The Lassie character became the main character in six other MGM "Lassie" movies. In 1993, Lassie Come Home was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".