All Creatures Great and Small

All Creatures Great and Small is a 1974 film based on the novel of the same name by James Herriot, a memoir praised for Herriot's touching recollections of his years as a rural veterinarian in Yorkshire, England. Simon Ward stars as James Herriot and Lisa Harrow plays the love of his life, Helen. James makes a healthy living as a country veterinarian, working under the employ of the eccentric Siegfried Farnon (Anthony Hopkins). A country vet isn't like a city vet. Instead of sitting in a medical office where people bring their household pets for treatment, James is constantly moving about Yorkshire, attending to farm animals in need. Sometimes the animals are domesticated pets, but often they are a family's meal ticket. The working class farmers of Yorkshire depend on Herriot to keep their cows, chickens, pigs, goats, and more healthy and operating. All Creatures Great and Small is a gripping portrait of a man with a unique skill set, doing his best to save his animal patients and get along with the many off-beat characters of rural England. MORE