Lassie in the Painted Hills , also known as Lassie's Adventures in the Gold Rush, is a 1951 action movie produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). The film is an adaptation of Alexander Hall’s novel “Shep from Painted Hills” and tells about a collie named Shep, who avenges the murder of his master. It was the seventh and final film about Lassie released by MGM [1] .
| Lassie in the painted hills | |
|---|---|
| The painted hills | |
| Genre | Adventure drama Family Film |
| Producer | Harold F. Kress |
| Producer | Kenneth Bennett Chester M. Franklin |
| Author script | Alexander Hull (novel) True Boardman (script), |
| Operator | Alfred Gilks , Harold Lipstein |
| Composer | Daniil Amphitheatres |
| Film company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Duration | 90 min |
| A country |  USA |
| Tongue | English |
| Year | 1951 |
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Content
Story
A miner named Jonathan Harvey (Paul Kelly), a collie owner named Shep, takes care of the family of his late partner Martha Blake (Anne Doran) and her son Tommy (Gary Gray). After several years of searching the hills of California (where the film was shot), he finally finds gold. However, before he can share it with Blake, his greedy partner Taylor Lin (Bruce Cowling) kills Jonathan and tries to claim gold. He poisons Shep, who almost dies, and almost kills Tommy, but ultimately Shep recovers and leads Lin to the mountains, where he falls from the cliff to death.
Cast
- Pal (listed as Lassie) - Shep
- Paul Kelly - Jonathan Harvey
- Bruce Cowling - Lin Taylor
- Gary Gray - Tommy Blake
- Ann Doran - Marta Blake
- Art Smith - Pilot Piet
- Andrea Virginia Leicester - Mita
- Chief Yuvlach - Bald Eagle
- Brown Jud Reynolds - Red Wing
Notes
- ↑ Collins, Ace. Lassie: a Dog's Life . Penguin Books, 1993.
Links
- " Lassie in the Painted Hills ” on the Internet Movie Database
- Lassie’s movie in the painted hills is available for free viewing and downloading on the Internet Archive website [ more films ]
- Lassie in the painted hills on the Rotten Tomatoes website
- Lassie in the painted hills on allmovie