Lassie, the ever-dependable rescue dog, comes to the aid of some more hapless humans as they get into various scrapes. Contains: Lassie Come Home (1943); Son Of Lassie (1945); Courage Of Lassie (1946).
Lassie Come Home sees Roddy McDowall star as the adorable Joe Carraclough. Sadly the Carraclough family are down on their luck and are forced to sell the beloved family dog to the wealthy Duke of Rudling (Nigel Bruce). However, Lassie is unwilling to leave young Joe and, assisted by the Duke’s tenderhearted granddaughter Priscilla (Elizabeth Taylor), she sets
out on the long and dangerous journey to rejoin him.
In Son of Lassie, Joe Carraclough has grown into adulthood as a World War II RAF airman, and Lassie's son Laddie is so devoted to him that he secretly stows away on the plane when Joe leaves on a bombing run. When the plane is shot out of the sky over enemy-occupied Norway, Joe and Laddie parachute from the burning aircraft and begin their wartime adventures.
Courage Of Lassie. In this the third film in the Lassie series, the famed collie plays the parts of both the mother and her grown son, Bill. After being abandoned in the North woods as a pup, Bill is accidently shot, but is found and rescued by Kathie Merrick (Elizabeth Taylor) who nurses him back to health and decides to adopt him. A tragic accident causes Bill to be separated from Kathie, and he’s sent away to serve in the Philippines as a war dog. Somehow making it back home, his wartime experiences change Bill into a battle-scarred veteran whose killing spree leads to a ‘dangerous dog’ accusation and the real possibility of facing the death sentence for his crimes.
