Overview
Synopsis by theflixtor - 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. Based on the best-selling Mississippi memoir by the late Willie Morris.
Cast
Willie Morris
Ellen Morris
Jack Morris
Rivers Applewhite
Narrator
Dink Jenkins
Big Boy Wilkinson
Henjie Henick
Spit McGee
Junior Smalls
Millard
River's Friend