However, Lassie (Pal), the dog, is unwilling to leave the young Joe Carraclough (Roddy McDowall) and sets out on the long and dangerous journey in order to rejoin him.

Jack De Mave, who portrayed a U.S. forest ranger on Lassie and an unconventional date ... such films as the Rock Hudson-starring Blindfold (1966), 1776 (1972) - as John Penn - and Mel Gibson's ...