Overview
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.
Cast
- Frankie Muniz as Willie Morris
- Diane Lane as Ellen Morris
- Kevin Bacon as Jack Morris
- Caitlin Wachs as Rivers Applewhite
- Harry Connick Jr. as Narrator
- Luke Wilson as Dink Jenkins
- Bradley Coryell as Big Boy Wilkinson
- Daylan Honeycutt as Henjie Henick
- Cody Linley as Spit McGee
- Peter Crombie as Junior Smalls