The Magic of Lassie | Lassie, My Lassie - 1978
- Brands Don Chaffey
- Product Code: NA-2731-MUS-LT
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This first Lassie film in nearly three decades (discounting the various feature-length compilations of Lassie TV episodes) is worth watching for its veteran cast. Lassie is legally wrested from freckled-faced Michael Sharrett by evil Pernell Roberts, who hopes that the kid's grandpa Jimmy Stewart will sell his valuable vineyards to "ransom" the dog. Roberts' scheme falls through, and Lassie makes her getaway, embarking upon a grueling trek to be reunited with her young master. Alice Faye, looking very well preserved, shows up to sing a song or two. Also contributing vocally are PAT BOONE and Debby Boone and The Mike Curb Congregation; even Stewart gets to sing (he hasn't improved much since his last singing role in Broadway Melody of 1936, but you gotta love him). About the only cast member in The Magic of Lassie who doesn't sing is Mike Mazurki.
| Technical Sheet | |
| Title in Brazil | A Magia de Lassie |
| Original Title | The Magic of Lassie |
| Title in Portugal | A Magia de Lassie |
| Release year | 1978 |
| Language | English, Russian |
| Subtitle | Czech, Danish, Spanish, Finnish, French, Greek, Hungarian, English, Irish, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian |
| Colors | Colorful |
| Gender | Drama, Family, Musical |
| Duration | 100 Min. |
| Direction | Don Chaffey |
| Countries of origin | United States |
| Cast | Mickey Rooney, Pernell Roberts, Stephanie Zimbalist, Michael Sharrett, Alice Faye, Gene Evans, James Stewart, Mike Mazurki, Robert Lussier, Lane Davies, William Flatley, James Reynolds, Rayford Barnes, W.D. Goodman, Hank Metheney, Buck Young, David Himes, Ron Honthaner, Ed Vasgersian, Bob Cashell, Robyn Cawiezell, Gary Davis, Ralph Garrett, Pete Kellett, Klause Hense, Carl Nielsen, Regina Waldon, Roger Jenkins Jr., Maureen Smith, Nanci Bergman, Lynda Chase, Eddie D'Angelo, Mark McGee, Mary Bennett, Kiesha Wright, Lassie, Boy, Raven Grey Eagle |
| Did you know? | |
| Curiosities | James Stewart recalled that he accepted the role of the grandfather because it was the only "family-friendly" script he had been offered. After the movie received poor reviews and flopped at the box office, he decided to semi-retire from acting. |
| Bloopers | Jamison takes Lassie to his estate in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she escapes. You see her running, chased by a helicopter, and she finally goes over what looks like a cliff. In the next scene she gets up and limps away, but suddenly she is in Zion National Park, which is in Utah. |