Challenge to Lassie

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Challenge to Lassie

"Wanted by the Law"

1949

1h 16m

5.3(11 votes)

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Family

Adventure

Drama

Overview

When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.

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13 members

Acting

Edmund Gwenn

John Traill

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Donald Crisp

'Jock' Gray

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Geraldine Brooks

Susan Brown

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Reginald Owen

Sergeant Davie

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Alan Webb

James Brown

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Ross Ford

William Traill

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Henry Stephenson

Sir Charles Loring

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Alan Napier

Lord Provost

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Sara Allgood

Mrs. MacFarland

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Edmund Breon

Magistrate

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Arthur Shields

Dr. Lee

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Lumsden Hare

MacFarland

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Charles Irwin

Sergeant Major

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