The Biscuit Eater

The Biscuit Eater (1972)


  • Genre: Drama, Family
  • Release Date: 1972-03-22
  • User Rating: 6.2/10 from 15 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 32min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Walt Disney Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Vincent McEveety
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Summary

Nothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text (George Spell) are two friends determined, against all odds, to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Tennessee farmer and dog trainer Harve McNeil (Earl Holliman) tells his son Lonnie that his dog, Moreover, is a good-for-nothing "biscuit eater."

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  • Earl Holliman

    as Harve McNeil
  • Johnny Whitaker

    as Lonnie McNeil
  • Pat Crowley

    as Mary Lee McNeil
  • Lew Ayres

    as Mr. Ames
  • Godfrey Cambridge

    as Willie Dorsey
  • Beah Richards

    as Charity Tomlin
  • Clifton James

    as Mr. Eben
  • George Spell

    as Text Tomlin
Directing Vincent McEveety Director
Production Bill Anderson Producer
Writing Lawrence Edward Watkin Writer
Sound Robert F. Brunner Original Music Composer
Camera Richard A. Kelley Director of Photography
Editing Ray de Leuw Editor
Art John B. Mansbridge Art Direction
Art Al Roelofs Art Direction
Art Hal Gausman Set Decoration
Art Emile Kuri Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Chuck Keehne Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Emily Sundby Costume Design
Directing Richard Caffey Assistant Director
Writing James H. Street Story