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Lassie Come Home

Lassie Come Home is a 1943 film which tells the story of a poor boy's dog who, when sold to a rich nobleman, makes a difficult journey to return home to her original owner. It stars Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp[?], Dame May Whitty[?], Edmund Gwenn[?], Nigel Bruce[?], Elsa Lanchester, Elizabeth Taylor, Ben Webster[?], J. Pat O'Malley[?] and Alan Napier[?].

The movie was adapted by Hugo Butler[?] from the novel by Eric Knight[?]. It was directed by Fred M. Wilcox[?].

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color.

The movie was followed by a sequel, Son of Lassie[?], in 1945.

This was the first of a long series of movies and television series starring Lassie[?], a collie[?] dog. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

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