Lassie and the gold diggers
| Movie | |
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| German title | Lassie and the gold diggers |
| Original title | The Painted Hills |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1951 |
| length | 68 minutes |
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| Director | Harold F. Kress |
| script | True Boardman |
| production | Chester M. Franklin |
| music | Daniele Amfitheatrof |
| camera | Alfred Gilks , Harold Lipstein |
| cut | Newell P. Kimlin |
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Lassie and the Gold Digger is a 1951 American film starring the movie dog Lassie . The film is based on the novel Shep of the Painted Hills by Alexander Hull .
action
Gold digger Jonathan Harvey lives in the mountains with his collie dog Shep. When he stumbles upon gold, he tries to notify his friend Frank Blake, but learns from Taylor, an acquaintance of Frank and his family, that Frank had died of pneumonia shortly before. Jonathan visits the widow and gives her son Tommie Shep for Christmas.
However, when Shep falls ill with longing, Tommie and Taylor bring the dog back to Jonathan. Jonathan tells Taylor about his gold finds in the meantime; together they look upriver for the gold vein. Taylor becomes more and more nervous for fear that someone might dispute them for the gold find and therefore also reacts suspiciously to the visit of Jonathan's friend, Pastor Pilote Pete. Jonathan, however, suspects the reason for Taylor's nervousness is that he is only entitled to a quarter of the gold found. While Jonathan sends Tommie to file the claim with the help of his mother , Taylor finds the gold vein on a ledge. There Taylor pushes Jonathan into the depths; Even Shep can no longer save her master. When Shep gets too curious, Taylor gives her poisoned food; the sick dog is found and rescued by the Indians.
When Tommie returns, Tommie is confused why Jonathan is not there. When Shep leads the boy to Jonathan's grave, Tommie understands what happened. While trying to escape, Tommie falls from his horse and passes out. Taylor nurses the boy and lies to him that Jonathan's death was an accident. He tells the same thing to Pilote Pete when he wants to visit Jonathan again. When Taylor claims that the claim did not yield anything, Tommie realizes the lies, but finds Pilote Pete disbelieving. While trying to kill Shep, Taylor falls off a rock; shortly before the new snowfall, Shep and Tommie find each other again.
Reviews
“A youth-friendly adventure story with good photography; a bit too sentimental in some scenes. "
Web links
- Lassie and the gold rush in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lassie and the Gold Diggers. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .