Lassie ('54)

All of Lassie's pups have been given away except for Laddie, the runt, and she hides him in an abandoned mineshaft to keep him with her.

When Jeff and Porky see pit bull terriers, Gramps suspects illegal dogfights are being held in the area.

Jeff and Lassie find a litter of abandoned kittens and are horrified when Gramps says to leave them alone.

Porky enters Lassie in the Capitol City Dog Show obedience trials without knowing what the procedure is.

A new teacher has forbidden the children from bringing dogs into the classroom and one of Jeff's classmates is determined to do something about it.

Jeff teaches Lassie to howl when he plays the violin, hoping to get out of lessons, but Ellen sees through the scheme.

There is a weird "monster" in the lake making unearthly noises--but it turns out to be a displaced seal, which Jeff promptly tries to adopt.

Lassie comes down with an odd ailment. The kids are convinced that a creepy old lady they call the "witch woman" has cast a spell on the dog.

Jeff nurses a wild duck back to health but when he releases it back to the wild, he fears the duck may be the victim of poachers in the area.

Jeff and Gramps are jealous when Clay Horton takes Ellen out on a date.

The boys start printing a newspaper to make themselves some pocket money--but the material they print gets them into hot water instead.

After an itinerant clown and his dog entertain at a church carnival, the man is accused of robbing a neighbor.

The Millers batten down the hatches as a severe storm approaches.

Jeff and Ellen plan a surprise party for Gramps so well that Gramps feels neglected on his birthday and "runs away."

A gypsy girl and her family camp on the Miller farm, despite neighbors' reports of thievery.

A television set meant for the Brockways is delivered to the Millers.

In a quest for a valuable stamp, the boys begin quarreling with each other.

Jeff is horrified at the conditions at the local dog pound and tells the dog catcher to leave the dogs at the Miller farm.

Matt Brockway says Pokey is useless and tells Porky he is going to give the dog away.

When Gramps refuses to sell the farm to nasty Emmet Carey, Edgar Carey pretends that a barbed wire scratch he got in the barn is Lassie's bite.

Jeff and Porky horrify Gramps by trying to tame a red-tailed hawk as a hunting falcon.

The boys quarrel over Pokey being able to sleep in their new tree house.

The Millers welcome a Japanese exchange student--and run into bigotry from a neighbor who has never gotten over World War II.

The boys' journey on their new raft is hampered by the fact that Porky can't swim.