Lassie Season 1

Synopsis

The first season of the television series Lassie premiered in the United States on CBS on September 12, 1954 and ran for 26 episodes until its conclusion on March 6, 1955. Produced by Robert Maxwell, the episodes follows the adventures of a female rough collie named Lassie and her young owner Jeffrey Miller. In 1958, the first through third seasons began syndication under the title "Jeff's Collie." Though the first season of Lassie has never been released completely to home video, some episodes from the first season have been released to DVD. On November 25, 2003, Classic Media released a three episode set, "Lassie: Best of Jeff's Collie," which included the series first episode, "Inheritance". A second set, "Lassie: 50th Anniversary Collection", was released on September 14, 2004 and contained 24 episodes from across the entire series. The set includes three episodes from the first season: "Inheritance", "The Lion", and "Lassie's Pups". "Secret of the Silent Hills", composed by William Lava, is used as the opening and ending theme for the entire season.

Main Cast

Hugh Reilly

Paul Martin

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

George Cleveland

George 'Gramps' Miller

Age : 71 | Popularity : 35%

Josh Albee

Age : 65 | Popularity : 29%

Tommy Rettig

Jeff Miller

Age : 54 | Popularity : 45%

Jan Clayton

Ellen Miller

Age : N/A | Popularity : 20%

Episodes

Episode 1

12 September 1954 - Inheritance

Premiere episode. Jeff inherits Lassie from the late Homer Carey, but the young collie seems strangely reluctant to leave the Carey home.

Episode 2

19 September 1954 - Arithmetic

Jeff is failing arithmetic due to his problems with fractions, so Ellen tells him he may not go to the circus if he doesn't pass his next test.

Episode 3

26 September 1954 - The Colt

To make up for ignoring Jeff, Gramps brings him home a colt Jeff names ""Domino."" Jeff then starts ignoring Lassie in his enthusiasm over having a horse.

Episode 4

03 October 1954 - The Gun

Jeff wants to learn to use his father's gun, but Ellen is terrified of him being exposed to a firearm, although Gramps thinks he should learn to use it.

Episode 5

10 October 1954 - Mr. Peabody

Gramps hires a tramp to do some odd jobs on the farm, then is jealous when Jeff starts to idolize the tale-telling old man.

Episode 6

17 October 1954 - The Convict

Jeff and Lassie meet an escaped convict in the woods.

Episode 7

24 October 1954 - Feud

When Gramps quarrels with Matt Brockway after a hotly contested checker game, both men forbid their sons to play with each other. After Jeff and Porky's first attempt to fix the problem goes horribly wrong, so the boys hide in the woods in hopes that in ""saving"" them Gramps and Matt will be friends again.

Episode 8

31 October 1954 - The Lion

With Gramps and Ellen away for the day, Jeff and Porky plan a lazy day--until an escaped circus lion invades the farm. Worse, no one will believe them when they call for help.

Episode 9

07 November 1954 - Gramps

When Gramps has chest pains, the family tries to keep him from exerting himself.

Episode 10

14 November 1954 - Lassie's Pups

Jeff thinks Lassie needs a vet when her time comes, but a storm is brewing and Gramps says dogs can cope. Dr. Wilson: Frank Ferguson. Mrs. Wilson: Frances Morris.

Episode 11

21 November 1954 - The Job

A radio producer hears Ellen singing at church and offers her a job singing on radio--but she and Jeff must take an apartment in the city and leave Lassie with Gramps to do it.

Episode 12

28 November 1954 - The Carnival

Jeff shows a dog trainer at the fair Lassie's tricks--and thinking she can be a headliner for them, the man and his partner steal her. Clay: Richard Garland.

Episode 13

05 December 1954 - Sale of Lassie

Jeff overhears the wrong conversation, and, thinking Gramps needs an expensive operation, attempts to sell Lassie to raise the money.

Episode 14

12 December 1954 - The Rustlers

The calf Jeff is raising for the county fair vanishes the same night Lassie comes home injured and covered with mud--then she mysteriously starts chasing Ellen's car.

Episode 15

19 December 1954 - The Fighter

Jeff doesn't understand why a famous prizefighter doesn't want to box any longer and pegs him as a coward.

Episode 16

26 December 1954 - The Contest

While Jeff prepares for the county fair, a spoiled little girl visits the farm and continually tries to hurt Lassie.

Episode 17

02 January 1955 - Runaways

After Lassie is suspected of having rabies, she's about to be taken to the pound--but Jeff runs away with her. Clay: Richard Garland. Brockway: Paul Maxey.

Episode 18

09 January 1955 - The Brat

Ellen offers the boys a special treat if they will babysit a boy while she is called out on an errand. But the kid turns out to be more than Jeff and Porky can handle.

Episode 19

16 January 1955 - Father

The church is holding a father-son event and Jeff doesn't want Gramps to fill in for his dad. Jeff is then even more embarrassed when Ellen decides to accompany him instead.

Episode 20

23 January 1955 - The Fawn

Jeff wants to adopt an orphan fawn, but Gramps says there is no place for wild animals on a farm.

Episode 21

30 January 1955 - Blind Soldier

The parents of a blind veteran try to buy Lassie--the young man's own collie Lassie has died and they do not want to tell him the truth, fearing he will slip into depression again.

Episode 22

06 February 1955 - The Cave

Jeff and Lassie are trapped in a cave shown to them by a malicious classmate.

Episode 23

13 February 1955 - The Injury

An injured man, hurt in a car accident, is brought to the farm. He mutters something about hitting a collie with his car--and Lassie is acting strangely.

Episode 24

20 February 1955 - The Well

A snoopy inspector from the water department insists on seeing the Miller well.

Episode 25

27 February 1955 - The Snake

Jeff is bitten by a rattlesnake and Gramps and Ellen rush to get him to a doctor.

Episode 26

06 March 1955 - The Bear

Jeff and Porky's campout is ruined by a persistent bear.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Robert Maxwell Jack Wrather Rudolph E. Abel
Visual Effects	Mechanical Designer	Gerald Endler
Department	Role	Name

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