Monday, August 30, 2021

Saturday Morning's Forgotten Heroes: The Animals Are Missing (Lassie's Rescue Rangers, 1973)

 "The Animals Are Missing" is the official series opener of Lassie's Rescue Rangers, following the pilot, "The Spirit of Thunder Mountain", 10 months earlier, on The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie.

A pair of drug traffickers have abducted Lassie and the rest of the animal Rangers in order to use them to transport their contraband. These two losers have a hard lesson waiting for them.


Lassie's owner/trainer, Rudd Weatherwax, wasn't thrilled with the finished product of the series, since it depicted what little violence could be allowed. In contrast, it wasn't any more violent than the live action Lassie itself.

Rating: B.

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