Courage of Lassie

Plots: A young girl rehabilitates an Army’s shell-shocked collie. Bill (Pal) gets separated from his litter, making friends with the wild creatures until he’s found and adopted by young Kathie Merrick (Dame Elizabeth Taylor). An accident separates him from her, and he’s drafted into K-9 duty in the trenches until battle fatigue takes its toll and he turns vicious. And even though he finds his way back home, he may be condemned as a killer. In this third in the Lassie film franchise, the famed collie, Pal, played the mother and her grown son, Bill. After being abandoned in the north woods as a pup, Bill is accidentally shot, but is found by a girl, Kathie Merrick (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), who nurses him back to health and adopts him. A tragic accident causes him to be separated from her and he eventually winds up as a war dog. Somehow making it back home, his wartime experiences changes him into a battle-scarred veteran whose killing spree leads to his accusation of being a dangerous dog and facing the death sentence for his crimes.