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.

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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

Cody Linley

Spit McGee

Peter Crombie

Junior Smalls

Clint Howard

Millard

Elizabeth Rice

River's Friend

Chaon Cross

Spectator

Hunter Hayes

Accordian Boy