--- title: 'Greyfriars Bobby (1961)' type: 'film' director: 'Don Chaffey' released: '1961-09-28' runtime_minutes: 91 countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/greyfriars-bobby-1961' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054944/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Greyfriars Bobby (1961) 1961 · 91 min · United States ## Synopsis Greyfriars Bobby is a 1961 drama film starring Donald Crisp and Laurence Naismith, with a screenplay by Robert Westerby based upon the 1912 children's book Greyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Atkinson which was based, in turn, upon the 19th century Edinburgh story involving a Skye Terrier that came to be known as Greyfriars Bobby, visiting his owner's grave for 14 years. The story revolves about two Scottish men who compete for the affection of Bobby. It was the second film based upon Atkinson's novel, the first being Challenge to Lassie in which Crisp also starred. The film was directed by Don Chaffey and shot at Shepperton Studios and on location in Scotland. The film has been released to DVD and Disney+. ## Credits - **Director:** [Don Chaffey](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-chaffey) - **Screenplay:** [Robert Westerby](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-westerby) - **Original Music Composer:** [Francis Chagrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-chagrin) - **Producer:** [Walt Disney](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-disney) - **Director of Photography:** [Paul Beeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-beeson), [Ray Sturgess](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-sturgess) ## Cast - [Freda Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/freda-jackson) as old woman caretaker - [Jack Lambert](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-lambert-2) as doctor - [Kay Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/kay-walsh) as Mrs. Brown - [Andrew Cruickshank](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-cruickshank) as Lord Provost - [Duncan Macrae](https://cinepixo.com/people/duncan-macrae) as constable MacLean - [Bruce Seton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-seton) - [Gordon Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-jackson) as farmer - [Donald Crisp](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-crisp) as James Brown - [Gennie Nevinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gennie-nevinson) as farmer's daughter - [Jameson Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/jameson-clark) as constable - [Alex Mackenzie](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-mackenzie) as Old Jock - [Hamish Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/hamish-wilson) - [Laurence Naismith](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-naismith) as Mr. Traill - [Vincent Winter](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-winter) as Tammy - [Moultrie Kelsall](https://cinepixo.com/people/moultrie-kelsall) as magistrate ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://movies.disney.com/greyfriars-bobby-the-true-story-of-a-dog Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/greyfriars-bobby-1961 Film facts: Wikidata (Q629076); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.