A collie named lassie has to be sold because her family are having bad times . Lassie escapes twice but when her new owner takes her to a place too far to run from will lassie be able to make the journey back to her home ? A collie undertakes a thousand-mile journey in order to once again meet her former master at the school gate. Lassie is Joe's prize collie and constant companion. But when Joe's father loses his job, Lassie must be sold. Three times she escapes from her new owner, and three times she returns home to Joe, until finally she is taken to the remotest part of Scotland -- too far a journey for any dog to make alone. But Lassie is not just any dog. - Publisher.
Adaptations (4)
Lassie Come-Home has been adapted 4 times, across film and television series, from 1943 to 2020. The most recent is Lassie Come Home (2020).
Lassie Come Home1943 · film · 89 min · dir. Fred M. Wilcox · IMDb ↗Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling to remain apart from young Carraclough son Joe and sets out on a long and dangerous journey to rejoin him.
Famous Dog Lassie1996 · television series · 24 min · IMDb ↗IMDb6.7Famous Dog Lassie is a 1996 Japanese anime series produced by Nippon Animation as the 23rd entry of the World Masterpiece Theater staple. The anime is based on the 1940 novel Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight and also the second animated Lassie series ever produced, since Lassie's Rescue Rangers.
Lassie2005 · film · 100 min · dir. Charles Sturridge · IMDb ↗A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on a journey home.
Lassie Come Home2020 · film · 96 min · dir. Hanno Olderdissen · IMDb ↗IMDb5.612-year-old Florian and his beloved dog Lassie live in an idyllic village in the German countryside. When Florian's father loses his job, the family have to move into a small apartment where there are no dogs allowed. Lassie is given away to another family, but Florian and Lassie yearn to be reunited again so Florian sets out on an adventure to find his best friend.
