Lassie: The New Beginning

Sep 17, 1978

1h 40m

★ 4.8

Overview

The Stratton kids, Samantha and Chip, and their grandmother, Ada, drive to visit their Uncle Stuart. Grandma collapses and dies in a strange town, leaving the kids and Lassie on their own.

Genres

Adventure

Family

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Wrather Productions

Lassie: The New Beginning Trailers

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Cast

Samantha Stratton

Sally Boyden

Chip Stratton

Shane Sinutko

Stuart

John Reilly

Amos

David Wayne

Sheriff Marsh

Gene Evans

Kathy

Lee Bryant

Buzz

Jeff Harlan

Ada Stratton

Jeanette Nolan

Dr. Spreckles

John McIntire

Mr. Waldrup

Jim Antonio

Flannagan

Logan Ramsey

Juno

Lucille Benson

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5.7

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3.0

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6.6

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6.7

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6.4

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5.8

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4.8

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0.0

World Masterpiece Theater Complete Edition: Lassie

Mar 26, 2001

John is a cheerful and energetic young boy, who lives in a small coal-mining town in England. One day he finds a small dog lost in a flock of sheep. John takes him back home and names the puppy Lassie. Soon they become good friends, just like real siblings. Lassie is a very lovely and smart dog, so everyone in the town loves her very much. But their happy life doesn't last long. Suddenly a coal-mine owner closes his company because there is no more coal left in the coal mine. John goes to meet the coal-mine owner to request a further investigation. The owner accepts John's request, but in exchange for that, he takes Lassie to Scotland. Priscilla, the owner's granddaughter and also John's friend, cannot just stand by and let Lassie suffer in a cage. She opens the cage and sets Lassie free. Lassie sets out on a very long and hard journey from Scotland to her hometown.

6.0

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6.1

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On their way to start a new life at a sheep farm in rural Virginia, the Turner family are halted by a wreck on the highway that has claimed the life of a truck driver. Spotting the trucker's now-abandoned collie on the side of the road, they take pity on the dog and adopt her. As the city family copes with the change to rural life, including a feud with a neighboring farm family who resent the city interlopers, the ever-loyal Lassie helps them adjust to their new surroundings.

7.6

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0.0

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0.0

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