Plot Summary
A shy boy named Willie is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a puppy for his ninth birthday. The puppy, which he names Skip, becomes well known and loved throughout the community and enriches Willie's life as he grows into manhood.—Stephen Hughes
Top Cast
Diane Lane as -Ellen Morris
Kevin Bacon as -Jack Morris
Clint Howard as -Millard
Luke Wilson as -Dink