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starring tommy rettig as jeff miller

jan clayton as his mother ellen

george cleveland as gramps

and of course

hi gramps

hi boy

that confronted pill peddler left yet

he's in there talking to mom

got me dead and buried hasn't he

all ready to nail down the lid

no grams you'll be all right

after you get the x-rays

what x-rays

you've got to go to the hospital today

to get them well ain't gonna ain't gonna

get me in the hospital that's what you

think i know what you're up to

get me in the hospital for x-rays and

the next thing i know someone's carving

their initials on my back moon

jeff get ramp shoes and help him on with

them nobody's helped me in years

and they're gonna stop now captain dear

i ain't going out

how will you stop acting like an infant

they'll get me in there then they'll

tell you we need an operation possibly

one of them specialists months in the

hospital

hundreds of dollars where are we going

to get the money we'll worry about that

part of it when we come to it well i'm

worried about it now

i ain't going in debt for no operation

yeah

we hurry up with those shoes

now in the first place we have the money

in the bank in the second place we have

the insurance and in the third place if

you need an operation we get the money

even if we didn't have it and finally

you big baby you're just making excuses

i'm not

dad not be reasonable

it may not be serious at all but we have

to have the x-rays to find out

here you're graham i'll help you on i'll

help yourself

jeff i may be overnight capital city can

you stay at porky's guess so he's out

back with his cousin tony i'll ask him

fine

i'll get changed

you're setting a fine example for jeff i

don't care

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can i stay over at your house tonight

sure

my mom's gotta take ramps to capitol

city

a hospital hospital

gee

hey you wanna sell lassie

my dad promised to buy me a dog how

about it

you crazy jeff wouldn't sell lassie for

a trillion dollars

you want to come over now we got to get

home on account of he's driving to

crestmen our way mom and gram slave okay

i'll be back in a little while

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if you change your mind let me know

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watch out dad

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jeff i didn't get a chance to call mrs

brockway are you sure it's all right for

you to stay over sure

i'll be back tomorrow afternoon what do

you mean you

we'll be back

be a good ones we have goodbye mom

boys how many times have i told you not

to get close to the car

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my cousin tony's got it am i glad

what a drip

yeah

what's eating you

grams

he needs an operation

hey

people can die from operations

he can't have it because we don't have

enough money

he can die from not having an operation

i know

how much does an operation cost

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i heard gramps say hundreds of dollars

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all i got's 80 cents

i had a dollar but i spent it at the

carnival

gotta do something to help them but i

don't know why

boy schlossy's smart

she knows you got troubles

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does your cousin tony really want to buy

lassie

does he jeff you can't you can't sell

lassie

gramps would do anything for me

you said yourself he could die if he

doesn't get an operation

yeah i know but i've been trying to

figure out what i could sell

oh my junk's not worth much

the only thing i got lastly

you think i like the idea you think i

want a seller

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there now mom won't be worried if she

gets home before i do it's 20 miles

depressing

oh maybe i'll get a hitch

my uncle's farm is the first one before

you get to the big green elevator

the house is white and the barn is red

they got the same name as us brockway

okay

you sure you don't want my pup to drive

you the question you sure

no cause we'd have to tell them why need

one len gramps the money gramps wouldn't

take it

not even so he could keep lassie

if gramps had to do something for me he

wouldn't go around looking for ways to

get out of it

yeah you're right you had me a paper bag

sure

i hate to think of you selling messy

i guess this is everything

i'd be with you so my mom would have

connections my pop would skin me alive

that's all right

i'll cut across the back weights getting

kind of later i walk you away yeah

i guess i'd better be going

so long

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see you porky

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come on girl

got a long way to go

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lay down if we stay still like indians

they won't see us

it's jeff miller

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jeff miller what in heaven's name are

you doing so far from home at this hour

of the night

jeff

jeff

jeff miller

come back

sam go get him

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where are you

yeah come in

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sam don't just stand there go after him

i can't see him

too fast for me well we can't just let

him run off like that i'll never find

him in the dark oh hurry sam got to call

ellen as soon as we get home now hurry

oh i'm hurrying

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that was too close

we'd better stay off the road

liz i don't know how to get cross

country at night

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come on

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you know something i could use some

sleep

i'll bet you could too

we'll start out again in the morning

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right

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hmm

um

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hello

i

yes we sort of fell asleep

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we didn't hurt anything mister

we were going to preston

we couldn't cross your field i

i'm sorry if we were on your property

we'll get off come on lassie

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gosh mister we haven't done anything

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are you poor kid well what were you

doing sleeping in a haystack

where are you folks

where do you live

we

me and lassie we

we were going to crest and we sort of

got tired and fell asleep but we didn't

hurt anything of course you didn't

but you look scared

what's the matter

oh mike oh of course

when he didn't talk to you

but mike can't talk

well not with his voice

he never could

we can't hear either but you got no call

to be scared he loves kids

well if you don't mind ma'am let's see

me will go now well i should hope i do

mind you haven't had your breakfast and

if you think for one minute i'd let you

walk all the way to creston but i gotta

get there well not until you've had your

hot breakfast and then mike can drive

you over now come on not another word

we're gonna have some bacon and eggs

and

some homemade bread and milk

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so

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jenny ellen miller ring birdie brock

away for me please thanks

hello birdie ellen is jeff there

that's strange

no i had to drive dad over to capitol

city and i spent the night there jeff

was supposed to sleep over at your place

i don't understand it

oh we left a note but that doesn't say

anything

would you birdie i'd appreciate it

thanks a lot

i can't

i can't look

i can't

for the last time where is jeff

i told you i can't snitch on him i don't

know what to do ellen sure the cannon is

hide can you tell me why he went away

he had to do something for his gramps

well he wrote that in his note honey but

what i can't tell ya

listen here young man hurting me won't

help mom i can't snitch on him

sylvester if i promised you that jeff

wouldn't be punished would you tell me

then

you won't do nothing to him absolutely

nothing i promise

well

he wouldn't see tony at uncle fred's

place where is that matt's brother's

farmer creston well why did he go there

well he went there to

to sell that

what

on the count of rams need money for an

operation

can we call them no phone fred don't

hold them well then i better drive up

there it's a miley sequester just before

you get to the big grain elevator big

white house with a red barn you can't

miss it thanks bernie you don't mind if

i run off never know go ahead

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you haven't heard the last of this young

man

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thanks an awful lot for

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thanks

lassie says thanks too

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lassie

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i lost

oh son

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you looking for someone

yes sir tony brockwood

i'm his dad

let me see

oh last time i saw him he was down there

back in the barn imagine he's still

there

thank you

see it's a nice looking dog you got

there

hi tony

hey what are you doing here

you said if i changed my mind about

selling lassie i should let you know

you still want a buyer

why'd you change your mind all of a

sudden

i got a reason

how much you want for her

five hundred dollars

you nuts

well she's the best trick dog in the

whole world

unless you do tricks for me

let's see come here lassie

now lassie

i want you to do what tony says

sit

speak

lie down

jesus wonderful let's go out and talk to

my dad come on lassie

500 for a dog that's utterly ridiculous

but dad you gotta buy her for me she's

the best trick dog in the whole world

she may be but you can buy a pedigree

dog a champion for that kind of money

well if you were talking about 75 or 100

why but that's not enough

not for what

for what i needed for

oh look son you can't very well expect

me to pay that ridiculous amount for a

dog just because you need the money

dad you promised ah stop pulling at me

son i've told you that 100 times

i'll give you a hundred dollars for the

dog that's my best offer

take it that's a lot of money

how much is an operation

what was that

how much does it cost to get an

operation

all depends on what kind of an operation

why

can you get an operation for a hundred

dollars oh i suppose you could

only i don't understand what that has

all

right i'll sell lassie

for a hundred dollars

bill let's see your mind now

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there's one thing

before i give you the check

i'll have to have your mother's written

permission for you to sell your dog but

she's my dog i know that son but you're

still a miner just have your mother

right and no i can't why not i just

can't you gotta give it to me please mr

brockway please oh now hold on son

there's nothing to cry about

you don't understand i need the money

for my grandson i need it now

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doesn't have to have the operation

mr brockway yes i'm ellen miller yes

mother

just

thought but i

well i'm just terribly sorry if he

caused you any trouble mrs miller you

have nothing to be sorry about

in fact you got a lot to be proud of

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you