i be a big fan of fred macmurray and carole lombard . and and in addition to them and charles butterworth ( a very enjoyable support actor ) be in this film and . so why do not i particularly enjoy it . well and despite a good cast and this be one of the poor write and most clichéd a picture i have ever see . give the talent and money spend to make this film and it be shock how slip shoe the writing be . i know the film would be tedious when time after time early in the film i find myself predict exactly what would happen next and i be always right . and this isn not because i be some sort of movie savant and but be because almost no imagination or effort go into it . in fact and it seem almost a if the film be just a long string of clichés all strung together . also and i find it a bit irritate that fred mistreated carole so bad throughout the film and yet and true to convention and she come run to him in the end . uggh . there be more suspense in a lassie film ( will he bring people to rescue timmy or will the rope he be dangle from break . ) . despite the very and very tired and clichéd script and there be a few positive about the film . it be pretty cool see fred look like a broken lush at the end of the film it be pretty believable and he look like he hadn not eat and shave or sleep in day . also and charles butterworth prattle do provide a few mildly humorous moment . but all this just wasn not enough to make this film look any different than a b movie . it a shame and . it could have be so much good .