The Biscuit Eater

1h 32m
DramaFamily
6.2

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."

Cast

Earl Holliman
Harve McNeil
Johnny Whitaker
Lonnie McNeil
Pat Crowley
Mary Lee McNeil
Lew Ayres
Mr. Ames
Godfrey Cambridge
Willie Dorsey
Beah Richards
Charity Tomlin
Clifton James
Mr. Eben
George Spell
Text Tomlin

Crew

Vincent McEveety
Director
Lawrence Edward Watkin
Writer
James H. Street
Story
Ray de Leuw
Editor
Richard A. Kelley
Director of Photography
Richard Caffey
Assistant Director
Bill Anderson
Producer
Emily Sundby
Costume Design
Chuck Keehne
Costume Design
Robert F. Brunner
Original Music Composer
Emile Kuri
Set Decoration
Hal Gausman
Set Decoration
John B. Mansbridge
Art Direction
Al Roelofs
Art Direction

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