Lassie ('54)

A hawk Lassie rescues from entanglement in kite string returns the favor when the coyote pup Lassie has befriended is threatened by a snake. .

Now accompanied by Lassie, Ron and Dale have the gold they have been placer mining assayed-and just for the heck of it.

Lassie befriends a small, trouble-prone mutt who is mascot of an old railroad spur line.

The boys and Lassie sleep in an old barn that appears to be haunted.

Ron and Dale return to the Holden Ranch, where Lassie is welcomed by Garth Holden and his foster sons, including Mike Bishop.

Mike is still feeling shy and out of place until he helps nurse an injured owl at the local animal park where the Holdens' veterinarian works.

Ron is knocked unconscious when an earthquake strikes, and when he comes to, Lassie has escaped from the truck.

Ron and Lassie return home from a trip to find Mike has adopted a raccoon from the wild animal park-and "Rags" is immediately jealous of Lassie.

Mike befriends Henry Newton, who flies a Curtis Pusher at airshows under the name "The Flying Grandpa."

While Garth and Dale survey rangeland to see if it's suitable for grazing cattle, they see a herd of wild horses.

As Lassie gently leads the stallion back to the Holden Ranch, Garth and Dale leave food.

Ron and Dale, home from college, go out on the annual stray roundup and make a bet on which of them will find the most cattle.

Ron and Dale, spending two days camping at Pine Lake before returning to college, give a lift to a teenage boy that Dale can sense is "on the run."

Lassie accompanies Garth to Vandenberg Air Force Base, where Garth will be best man at the wedding of Pat, one of his foster sons.

Lassie violates missile range space to rescue the goose from an upcoming launch.

Sparky is found aboard the Looking Glass, but, as the 8-hour tour of duty continues, he begins to show signs of sinking into a diabetic coma.

When Jimmy's father's aircraft is stricken with a power failure that may impede the lowering of the landing gear and cause the plane to crash.

Hoping to give a boost to his confidence, Garth has taken Jimmy Fredericks back to the ranch with him, where he bunks in with Andy.

After Lucy and Jimmy find injured Mountie in the cave where Lassie has hidden him before running home to fetch Garth.

When Mountie weakens and then dies, even normally optimistic Lucy cannot understand and sinks into depression.