Movie

The Biscuit Eater

Released: March 22, 1972 (1972)

Runtime: 92 minutes

Genres: Drama, Family

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."

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Lew Ayres as Mr. Ames
Age at release: 63
Beah Richards as Charity Tomlin
Age at release: 51
Clifton James as Mr. Eben
Age at release: 51
Earl Holliman as Harve McNeil
Age at release: 43
Godfrey Cambridge as Willie Dorsey
Age at release: 39
Pat Crowley as Mary Lee McNeil
Age at release: 38
George Spell as Text Tomlin
Age at release: 13
Johnny Whitaker as Lonnie McNeil
Age at release: 12