Lassie Come Home (1943)
After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home
My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
Julia Ross secures employment, through a rather nosy employment agency, with a wealthy widow, Mrs Hughes, and goes to live at her house 2 days later, she awakens in a different house, in different clothes, and with a new identity
Night Must Fall (1937)
When a rich but cantankerous dowager on an isolated estate hires an engaging handyman, her niececompanion becomes suspicious of his motives