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A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy, Willie, as he grows into manhood.Read moreLess
A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy, Willie, as he grows into manhood.
The story
A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches the life of the boy, Willie, as he grows into manhood.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Frankie MunizWillie Morris
Diane LaneEllen Morris
Kevin BaconJack Morris
Caitlin WachsRivers Applewhite
Harry Connick Jr.Narrator
Luke WilsonDink JenkinsBradley Coryell
Bradley CoryellBig Boy WilkinsonDaylan Honeycutt
Daylan HoneycuttHenjie Henick
Cody LinleySpit McGee
Peter CrombieJunior Smalls
Clint HowardMillard
Elizabeth RiceRiver's FriendExplore the crew
- Director
- Jay Russell
- Screenplay
- Gail Gilchriest
- Original Music Composer
- William Ross
- Producer
- Mark Johnson
- Producer
- John Lee Hancock
- Producer
- Andrew A. Kosove
- Producer
- Broderick Johnson
- Director of Photography
- James L. Carter