Storyline
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.
Top Cast
Frankie Muniz
Willie Morris
Diane Lane
Ellen Morris
Kevin Bacon
Jack Morris
Caitlin Wachs
Rivers Applewhite
Harry Connick Jr.
Narrator
Luke Wilson
Dink Jenkins
Bradley Coryell
Big Boy Wilkinson
Daylan Honeycutt
Henjie Henick
Cody Linley
Spit McGee
Peter Crombie
Junior Smalls
Clint Howard
Millard
Elizabeth Rice
River's Friend
Chaon Cross
Spectator
Hunter Hayes
Accordian Boy
Susan Carol Davis
Mrs. Jenkins
Nathaniel Lee Jr.
Sammy
John Stiritz
Grandpa Percy
David Pickens
Mr. Jenkins
Lucile Doan Ewing
Aunt Maggie
Jay Russell
Gail Gilchriest
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