Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
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.
- dog
- boy and dog
- lassie
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Frederic Forrest — Sam Garland
- Richard Farnsworth — Len Collins
- Michelle Williams — April Porter
- Joe Inscoe — Pete Jarman
- Yvonne Erickson — Mrs. Jarman
- Clayton Barclay Jones — Josh Garland
- Charlie Hofheimer — Jim Garland
- Jody Smith Strickler — Mildred Garland
- Margaret Peery — Mrs. Parker
- David Bridgewater — Customer
- Earnest Poole Jr. — Highway Patrolman #1
- Directed
- Daniel Petrie
- Written
- Gary Ross, Matthew Jacobs, Elizabeth Anderson
Production
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 · 223 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Broadway Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
