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starring tommy rettig as jeff miller

jan clayton as his mother ellen

george cleveland as gramps

and of course

lassie

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lassie

lassie

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me

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classy can't find lassie where'd you

leave her outside the pet shop i wanted

to look at some white mice and when i

came out she was gone i heard her bark

but i can't find her well she won't go

far by herself

i see i already called

sure she ate the pet shop i don't think

so

is lassie in here no

perhaps she's not in there

there's a new leash law in town it's

very likely that your dog's been picked

up by the pound man what's that

dog catcher oh gramps i know now take it

easy

uh where's the pound

well uh

you're on fifth street now

go north four blocks turn left

and it's two blocks west almost to the

corner

mr hofstadter's the man to see he's very

nice

thanks

if leslie comes back here would you keep

her for me well i certainly will thanks

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glad to see you auntie i'm sure glad to

see her

how come you let a good dog like her run

loose without a collar and a tag she's a

farm dog she never wears a collar we

live in calverton oh you got a tiger in

town new leash law uh come on jeff

sooner we get back the better for all of

us come on lassie

got real friendly them too i brought

them in together

you uh gotta buy a tag and pay a dollar

fine before you can take her what

cost you two dollars

two dollars

for what one dollar for a fine one

dollar for a tag girl in the office will

take care of you meantime i'll see if i

can find a rope so you can keep released

until you get her out of town

two dollars it's a lot of nerve if you

ask me

you wait here

grams is having connections on account

of you

that's all i do

thanks

does everybody who comes for a dog have

to pay two dollars that's the law

the trouble is nobody comes for most of

them they're just strays what happens to

them i mean if nobody comes for them we

put them to sleep

law says we can keep them for seven days

i try hard to find a home for them but

it's not easy to do

there's more dogs that want homes and

there are homes that want dogs

i've got to get rid of a dozen of them

next monday

mean you're gonna kill them

it ain't the two dollars i might miss

it's the principle of the thing i don't

see any reason for me to pay dog tax to

capital city i don't even live here

i'm sorry sir well you feeling sorry

don't help me none i'm the one that has

to shell out the two dollars and if you

ask me it's downright illegal well that

dog wasn't loose over five minutes

how to have leash laws for people

instead of dogs

it's one dollar for the tag and one

dollar fine

i know i know

but i'm going to tell you something

young lady we got laws over my way and

if i catch any city people on my

property trespassing i'm gonna have the

law on them good and proper

dog's name

lassie

owner's name

jeff miller

address i told you calvary

now you sure it's all right sure it is

i'll tell grant come on guys won't be

all right

nice people

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you gonna tell me what it is no you'll

see when sound

hi mom

oh hi sweetheart hello party how much

oh i beg your pardon didn't i say hi to

you

i ruled

jeff's got a secret

he has yeah he won't even tell me it

happened in capital city yesterday

really all that i know that happened was

that they almost lost lassie what are

you two talking about um um

enough there's some brownies in the

cookie jar is that clock right

i think so why you have an appointment

no

get yourself some milk party

what

what's wrong yeah

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courtney hello hostetter the hell there

parker

i said what's going on here

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now maybe somebody tell me what's going

on here you remember mr hofstede grant

from the dog pals pleased to see you

again sir where'd he bring all them jobs

here

dad you better those overalls are soaked

i'll take care of this

mom this is joe hostetter pleased to

meet you ma'am how do you do it jeff

what is this all about the boy's got a

heart of gold man you can be right proud

of him

jeff would you mind telling me what this

gentleman means

well you see mom these dogs are from the

pound they're strays

yes

they were going to be killed because

nobody wants them

gosh

we've only got a little while to live if

they don't find homes isn't that awful

it certainly is then you let them stay

stay stay just stay well well right here

with us till i help find him home

support you'll help me won't you porky

jeff what has got into you now you know

that's out of the question

why mom

because this is a farm not a camel now

the dogs will go back where they belong

and right now

i'm sorry mr hofstetter

it's all right ma'am the boy meant well

you mean you're gonna send them back to

be killed now i can't help that jeff but

mom jess the answer is no you always

said that people should protect animals

but it's our duty because they need us

and depend on us like children

jeff listen all they want is to love

somebody they haven't done anything to

you but you want to hurt them you don't

care if they die oh look dear

i do care very much

but

well there are just some things in life

that you you must learn to face like

what

well you don't know if anybody wants

those dogs and and in the meantime they

have to be fair that costs money i've

got money i saved up 2.65 for a new

football i got 50 cents saved up and you

can have my next week's allowance

oh

all right you can try

oh thanks mom

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i fit all of them with plenty of water

form

oh jeff why didn't you leave this one in

the barn too

go away he's lassie's friend

what's his name

i'm calling him atlas because he's so

big

and so pretty too i'm pretty tired mom i

think i'll go to bed come on atlas

oh no he's not going to sleep in your

room why not

because number one the room isn't big

enough

number two one dog in the house is

enough oh no he sleeps out in the barn

in fact he needs a barn to get around

oh all right

good night good night graham good night

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i know what you're thinking

i know

i'm much too harsh with him

well i suppose you think i should have

let him take that young elephant to his

room

i didn't say a word

isn't it enough that he has 15 dogs in

the barn 15 dogs

i still didn't say a word

after all

there's a limit to things

we aren't running an asylum for for

wayward animals

he's got to understand that there are

other people in this household and the

sooner he learns it the better

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well haven't you anything to say

not a word

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what's the matter lassie

oh be quiet

going on out there i don't know they're

just barking we'll stop them watch all

the ragged

15 dogs

please shut up

my god

i heard that don't you dare

they know you staying out here in the

cold they'll quit after a while

you mean to say you're going to let them

bark and and yell like that all night

well they'll quiet down when it's

midnight now you gotta understand

they're dumb animals and i'm a dumb

human being forever consenting to let

them stay here

you better think of some way to get rid

of the sun and you better think faster

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i'm terribly sorry mr hoffsteader but

you'll have to come get these dogs today

they barked and howled all night and

none of us got a week of sleep

oh yes i told jeff about it this morning

before he left for school oh

i wish you could keep them i know but

it's

it's just too much for us and and i'd

appreciate it if you could get here

before he comes back from school

you know it would just make it easier

that's all

and i'm really sorry we put you to all

this trouble

yes

of course

thank you

well

that's that

i haven't committed murder

i didn't say a word

oh you better not

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take it easy don't rush but mrs miller

said she wanted them all out of here

before the boy got home from school i

know do like i say

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it's after three what's taking so long

the last one

well please hurry and get them out of

here

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keep starving you can't stall no longer

there ain't no more dogs we've been here

for an hour already

fiddled with the trouble getting started

you'd only tell me what's gonna happen

well i don't know but you can bet your

bottom dollar that something is or jeff

hate my

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first grandson

please don't interfere yet i got a plan

mom porky and me figured it out what's

all this it was part of our plan we

spent all the money we had we got spike

to give ten cents and woody gave five

cents and the teacher gave a dollar and

i gave 50 cents

i don't understand please mom you gotta

trust me i can find good homes for all

the dogs if you'll just give me an hour

jeff

i can't explain now we've got too much

to do and there isn't time please mom

just an hour

all right one hour

now who wants this dog his name's

mickey's a very smart dog he's a

thoroughbred too

come on everybody get your hot dogs over

here and hit your laptops over there

left

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i want a dog

up here

no i don't want hug though i'm a real

one oh

over

there i can make out a application

because i can't ride

yes you breathe

oh that's wonderful

here

take these out to porky i think he has

enough rolls you're proud of you son

gary

oh jeff i think you did a wonderful job

you too porky

i ate six hot dogs

what about atlas mom nobody wanted him

because he's so big he certainly is

you think maybe we could keep him oh not

jeff you know

i just been thinking

are you getting any younger i think it's

high time i had a dog of my own to take

care of me when i get good and old you

gonna take atlas for yourself yep atlas

meet your new master

well we better get going by the borders

down at the pound to be looking for

their supper and this time you sit up

front with me

thanks for everything mr hofstetter

thank you son

uh do you think you could visit us

sometime and bring atlas with you to

play with lassie i'll do that very thing

thank you for being so understanding it

was you had the understanding ma'am all

right mr

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a miller what's matter

dog trouble hot dog

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you