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Director:
Writer:
Lionel Houser (original screenplay)
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Release Date:
8 November 1946 (USA) more
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Tagline:
As Refreshing As A Breath Of Spring !
Plot:
Bill's separated from his litter, making friends with the wild creatures until he's found and adopted by young Kathie... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Elizabeth Taylor ... Kathie Eleanor Merrick
Frank Morgan ... Harry MacBain
Tom Drake ... Sergeant Smitty
Selena Royle ... Mrs. Merrick
Harry Davenport ... Judge Payson
George Cleveland ... Old Man

Catherine McLeod ... Alice Merrick (as Catherine Frances McLeod)
Morris Ankrum ... Farmer Crews
Mitchell Lewis ... Gil Elson
Jane Green ... Mrs. Elson
David Holt ... Pete Merrick
Bill Wallace ... Sergeant Mac (as William Wallace)
Minor Watson ... Sheriff Ed Grayson
Donald Curtis ... Charlie
Clancy Cooper ... Casey
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer ... First Youth
Conrad Binyon ... Second Youth
Pal ... Bill aka Duke (as Lassie)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Douglas Cowan ... Sgt. Lewis (uncredited)
James Flavin ... Lt. Tom Arnold (uncredited)
Byron Foulger ... Dr. Coleman (uncredited)
Paul Langton ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Bill Lewin ... Sergeant (uncredited)
Lyle Mulhall ... Corporal (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor ... Deputy (uncredited)
Garry Owen ... Cook Swenson - Sailor helping Smitty (uncredited)
William 'Bill' Phillips ... Sgt. Tyler (uncredited)
Addison Richards ... Captain in Aleutians (uncredited)
Arthur Space ... Officer (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan ... Officer Instructor (uncredited)
Arthur Walsh ... Freddie Crews (uncredited)
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Directed by
Fred M. Wilcox 
 
Writing credits
Lionel Houser (original screenplay)

Produced by
Robert Sisk .... producer
 
Original Music by
Scott Bradley (musical score)
Bronislau Kaper (musical score)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (uncredited)
Robert Franklyn (uncredited)
Conrad Salinger (uncredited)
Nathaniel Shilkret (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Leonard Smith (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Conrad A. Nervig 
 
Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons 
Paul Youngblood 
 
Set Decoration by
Edwin B. Willis 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sid Sidman .... assistant director (uncredited)
Wallace Worsley Jr. .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Paul Huldschinsky .... associate set decorator
 
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer .... recording director
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Irene .... costume supervisor
 
Other crew
Henri Jaffa .... associate technicolor color director
Natalie Kalmus .... technicolor color director
Basil Wrangell .... co-director: animal sequences
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Blue Sierra (USA) (copyright title)
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Runtime:
92 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #10395) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Netherlands:6 (2008) | Germany:6 | Finland:S | USA:G | Sweden:Btl
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Although the title of the film suggests it, there is no mention of the character Lassie anywhere in the movie. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Bill's mother meets the boat, she is accompanied by three pups. But when it comes time to lift the dogs in, there are now four pups. more
Movie Connections:
Edited into A Letter to True (2004) more

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Is "Courage of Lassie" based on a book?
Is this movie another take-off on the "Lassie Come Home" format?
Is this movie a sequel to "Son of Lassie"?
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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful.
Adorable Film from the Past, 13 November 2007
6/10
Author: whpratt1 from United States

This film starts off with a collie named Bill who breaks away from his family and encounters all kinds of friends in the woods which are bears, ravens, hawks and even travels on a pile of wood through all kinds of rapids that almost drown him. Bill no sooner takes a chance and relaxes in the grass when he is shot by hunters and Katie Merrick, (Elizabeth Taylor) comes to his rescue who had been following Bill because he ran off with her pants as she was swimming in the a lake. Kattie manages to tell the hunters not to kill Bill, because she is going to bring him to get help from a good friend of hers, Harry MacBain, (Frank Morgan) who manages to bring Bill back to health. There are many problems that face Katie with her collie dog and Bill is even recruited in the Army. Very nice film from the past. Enjoy.

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