The Biscuit Eater

6.2
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Run time: 92 min
  • Premiere: 1972. March 22.

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."

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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

Art

Al Roelofs

Art Direction

Emile Kuri

Set Decoration

John B. Mansbridge

Art Direction

Hal Gausman

Set Decoration

Camera

Richard A. Kelley

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Emily Sundby

Costume Design

Chuck Keehne

Costume Design

Directing

Richard Caffey

Assistant Director

Editing

Ray de Leuw

Editor

Production

Bill Anderson

Producer

Sound

Robert F. Brunner

Original Music Composer

Art

Al Roelofs

Art Direction

Emile Kuri

Set Decoration

John B. Mansbridge

Art Direction

Hal Gausman

Set Decoration

Camera

Richard A. Kelley

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Emily Sundby

Costume Design

Chuck Keehne

Costume Design

Directing

Richard Caffey

Assistant Director

Editing

Ray de Leuw

Editor

Production

Bill Anderson

Producer

Sound

Robert F. Brunner

Original Music Composer