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,Alan Napier and of course Lassie. A male collie named Pal, trained by Rudd Weatherwax, played Lassie.

The movie was adapted by Hugo Butler from the novel (titled Lassie Come-Home ^*) 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.

List of Lassie movies

• Lassie Come Home, 1943, with Roddy McDowall and Elizabeth Taylor
• Son of Lassie, 1945, including Peter Lawford
• Courage of Lassie, 1946, with Elizabeth Taylor
• Hills of Home, 1948
• Challenge to Lassie, 1949
• The Sun Comes Up, 1949
• Lassie, 1994, produced by Lorne Michaels

1943 films | Films about dogs | United States National Film Registry | Films shot in Technicolor