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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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lydia

jenny is the doctor home

no no never mind just tell there's been

a bad accident up to the miller place

needs to get there as soon as he can

thanks lydia

clay

jenny there's been an accident up to the

miller place

no none of them a man turned over to his

car right outside their driveway

all right fine

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how is he he's still unconscious

would you like some coffee if you've got

any don't make it fresh on my account oh

plenty left some lunch my name is walton

george walton salesman for united

sportswear company i'm sorry to sadly

with a patient ellen but he can't be a

mood for a few days oh don't be silly

is he gonna be all right well that's

hard to tell

head injuries are tricky things

i'll get a portable x-ray machine up

here

we know a lot more when we've seen some

plates

don't seem to have no family

how did the accident happen

i don't know

jeff and porky were playing out in the

yard i was here in the kitchen when i

heard a terrific crash the boys went on

ahead and when i got there the car was

turned over and this poor man was

trapped inside no bones broken bad gash

on the head but that's the least of it

i think i better get a nurse

you need pretty constant watching even

after he regains consciousness matter of

fact that's the most important time why

well sometimes patients with head injury

seem to be getting along fine then all

of a sudden boom it flares up

first sign is double vision

what does that mean pressure on the

brain

remember that if jeff ever looks like

twins

thank you what jeff's all we can handle

by the way where is he watching them tow

the car away

here he comes

hello jeff hello doctor okay hello

parker you're wasting away to a shadow

no i'm not is the man all right he will

be i hope how's lassie she's fine

gramps huh where's lassie i don't know

i sent her up in the north meadow to get

you oh i never saw her i heard the crash

it came down let's go look for it

let's see

let's see

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what's the boy

oh here she comes

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where you been chasing some little old

rabbit

you want to play some more mom said not

to make any noise

what do we do

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how about fishing

nah well you think of something i'm

always doing the thinking

let me go catch frogs

what for hickey says there's a guy in

capital city pace two cents a piece for

frogs oh higgy's full of hot air

did you find lassie yes jeff i'm sorry

to have to take your row away from you

but your mother tells me she has a

surprise for you and you won't mind a

bit what is it i'll tell you later

if he regains consciousness before you

get back i'm to tell him he has a head

injury and he's to remain absolutely

quiet that's right

if he gets this to give him a little

water or just a little

all right

so long fellas why

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mom what is it what's the surprise well

since mr walton's in your room and since

gramps painted the bed in the spare room

this morning and it's still wet

how would you like to camp out tonight

it's no way you could put your tent

right here in the yard could i have a

campfire

small one boy

what's the matter porky

i gotta go home and sleep in a crummy

old bed

well would you like to have me call your

mother and see if you can stay over

golly yeah

all right and i'm sure she'll let you

oh boy we get to camp out for the

campfire

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you gotta have a rope and a knife and a

hatchet in my bow and arrow

where you going africa gotta be prepared

gramps you can't tell what's liable to

happen well one thing i know will happen

you'll get me mosquitoes

dad you're a spoilsport

pay any attention to him boys

you might even get raided by indians

better put lassie on guard by the way

where is lassie in the barn did you feed

her

she wasn't hungry she must have caught a

rabbit needed

better finish up here comes the doctor

well i'm not half started

good evening

how are you this evening can you make it

yes thank you

ellen this is miss collins mrs miller

how do you do mrs collins

this is my father-in-law mr miller my

son jeff and his friend sylvester better

known as porky

how's our patient no change when i

looked in 10 minutes ago

the nurse will probably need some things

in here so if you jump and we'll finish

up i'm through your milk

let's go

no dessert

i'll give you some cookies to take out

to the tent come on we gotta build a

fire and stock the tent with provisions

see my ice box getting raided tonight

wonder where dog got that nurse

the hospital i guess

why

no reason

now there must have been a reason or you

wouldn't have asked

well at least she ain't one of them

young privity jibbers

i can't stand those skinny pinchy nosed

ones

could i have some hot water please oh my

sure

now don't burn yourself

thank you

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it's not cool i don't know what we need

a fire for

to keep the wild animals away you always

gotta have a fire when you're camping

out

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this isn't like the woods there's no

wild animals

oh no

what about the lion that got loose from

the circus

what if another one should come snooping

around in the middle of the night or a

rhino russ ray sarah sir or a snake

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you sure we are making the fire big

enough

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better go get some more wood from the

barn

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hey

it's dark in here i can't see

take the lantern

hurry up

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jeff

what

come here something's wrong with lassie

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what's the matter girl

her eyes look funny

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stay with her porky

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she's in there with the doctor the man

came to gramps there's something wrong

with lassie she keeps turning around in

circles and her eyes look funny what do

you mean she's turning around in circles

round around like this you sure she

ain't just playing no she was doing it

all by herself in the barn porky saw her

yeah would have said something if she'd

been hurt oh here he is mom something's

wrong with lassie what is it jeff she's

dizzy or something she keeps turning

around in circles and her eyes look

funny where is she in the barn with

porky

let's take a look

dad

mr walton's car turned over because of

lassie

why

she ran out into the road and he swerved

to avoid hitting her but he sure he did

hit her first question he asked was had

he killed the dog perhaps you know it

was leslie you said colley and

she's the only collie around here that

happened just after jeff's center to get

you

there's one thing it's another

now don't go bar in trouble

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hard to tell

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think the car hit it

what car

city girl

man who had the accident thinks he hit

lassie

better call pete wilson

what's wrong with her i'm not sure jeff

better keep her quiet until doc wilson

gets

here poor lassie

oh my gosh it must be bad if they're

calling doc wilson

yeah

it's all right girl i'm here

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how is she

not good

gibles don't respond to light

what does that mean possible brain

injury

what we've been concerned about with

walton hello hello the nurse has your

x-rays oh good

hello hello

i don't know what's taking so long

you're too impatient

hello

yeah this is me i'm still hanging on

what

or when's he do back

all right jenny never mind

pete's in capital city won't be back

tomorrow

you better come quick lassie can't stand

up huh

pretty lucky

no fracture no concussion

you'll be all right in a day or two

i'm afraid we're not so lucky with our

other patient porky just right in and

said she can't stand up uh-huh

did you reach pete no he's in capital

city

what's the name of that veteran creston

wildman wardman

jenny will probably know do you want me

to call him let me take a look first

have you got a knee or a pin

i'll go with you no you better get some

waterboarding

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can't move her legs

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jeff

yes sir tell her to stand up

but she can't

tell her

stand up

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stand up

now see if you can get her on a feet

up lassie stand up

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now the hind legs

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stand up girl

come on all the way

try it

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so

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all right

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jeff run over to the house and have your

mother form a bet in creston

wait a minute

i need a clean sheet on the kitchen

table and have the nurse sterilize my

surgical instruments got it yes sir

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daddy

couldn't be much worse

i'm not sure i can save her

let's get her over to the house i'll

carry her i'll help you

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oh just a minute here he is

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hello dr willman walter stewart

fine thanks i tell you why i'm calling

uh pete wilson's out of town and we've

got an emergency i thought maybe you

could help us out

fine

the patient's a full-grown female collie

wait a minute how old is lassie

about five

five years old that's right

she was apparently hit by a car

no external injuries

but i suspect a concussion and cranial

pressure

yes all the typical syndromes

dizziness

bad focus

posterior paralysis

i

see

no i don't think so but i got a portable

x-ray with me

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right

very good thank you doctor

ellen i need some towels and george your

razor and some soap

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jeff

you will have to pretty much trust me

with lassie

no sense kidding

you may be a badly hurt dog

but i promise you i'll do my best

is it her head

i'm afraid so

we won't know how serious until we see

the x-ray plates

she isn't going to die

is she

i hope not

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i want you to look at this so you'll

understand

you see that thin line

that's a broken bone

now that bone is probably pressing on

lassie's brain when affecting the nerves

that control the hind legs

you know the nerves are like telegraph

wires that carry messages from the brain

what we're going to try and do is

lift that bone

then will she be all right

i think so

because we can't be sure because we

don't know how much damage has been done

now all we can do is

hope for the best

let's get out of the doctor's way boys

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how about a game of checkers i bet i'd

meet both of you

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i don't feel like it

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porky

mom

why is it taking so long it hasn't been

very long dear it seems that way

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that's just gonna be all right jeff i

gotta feel it

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sure

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i don't know how to thank you

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holly i'm happy

maybe you won't be when you see my bill

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deal

deal

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