Greyfriars Bobby

Greyfriars Bobby

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  • Genre: Drama, Family
  • Release Date: 1961-07-17
  • Runtime: 87 minutes
  • : 6.86
  • Production Company: Walt Disney Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
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6.86/10
6.86
From 57 Ratings

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In Scotland 1865, An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to his master, refuses to be adopted by anyone, and takes to sleeping on his master's grave in the Greyfriars kirkyard, despite a caretaker with a "no dogs" rule. And when Bobby is taken up for being unlicensed, it's up to the children of Edinburgh and the Lord Provost to decide what's to be done.

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  • CinemaSerf

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    By CinemaSerf
    There's a statue of this wee Skye terrier in Edinburgh as testament to the loyalty and tenaciousness of this dog that couldn't care less about the civic rules that banned him from the graveyards of the city. It's the shepherd "Old Jock" (Alex Mackenzie) who has passed away and it's his grave that "Bobby" sleeps on each evening, doing a bit of useful ratting at the same time! Quickly he befriends the local tea-room owning "Traill" (Laurence Naismith) who knew his late master, but he has a harder task convincing the caretaker of the cemetery. "Brown" (Donald Crisp) is a bit of a stickler for (his own) rules, but the intervention of the police (Duncan Macrae) over who owns the dog soon sees a court hearing in front of none other than the Lord Provost (Andrew Cruickshank). It is he who must decide the fate of "Bobby" in the face of these two bickering old men whose initial stubbornness about not owning the dog has completely reversed itself! It does take a little while to get going; there are a few too many scenes of the dog running about the place, but once we get into gear this is a charmingly scored and depicted story that puts together a solid cast of familiar faces to support the on form Crisp, Naismith and the young Jameson Clark who's "Tammy" was a little like Dickens' "Tiny Tim" only not quite so earnest! It's a simple family story of loyalty, devotion and curmudgeonliness that's held up well.

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