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. Based on the best-selling Mississippi memoir by the late Willie Morris.
as Willie Morris
as Ellen Morris
as Jack Morris
as Rivers Applewhite
as Narrator
as Dink Jenkins
as Big Boy Wilkinson
as Henjie Henick
as Spit McGee
as Junior Smalls
as Millard
as River's Friend
as Spectator
as Accordian Boy
as Mrs. Jenkins
as Sammy
as Grandpa Percy
as Mr. Jenkins
as Aunt Maggie
