The Biscuit Eater

The Biscuit Eater

92 mins | Drama, Family | March 22, 1972

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."

The Biscuit Eater

92 mins | Drama, Family | March 22, 1972

The Biscuit Eater
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."
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Walt Disney Productions
Original title The Biscuit Eater
Directors Vincent McEveety, Richard Caffey
Writers James H. Street, Lawrence Edward Watkin

Cast

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