Background poster of The Biscuit Eater blurred
Poster of The Biscuit Eater

The Biscuit Eater

1972-1h 32min
Star icon accompanying the rating score
6.2 / 10 15

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."

Directed by Vincent McEveety

Writers James H. Street Lawrence Edward Watkin

Stars Earl Holliman Johnny Whitaker Pat Crowley

Videos

No videos found

Cast

Earl Holliman's picture in the cast

Earl Holliman

Harve McNeil
Johnny Whitaker's picture in the cast

Johnny Whitaker

Lonnie McNeil
Pat Crowley's picture in the cast

Pat Crowley

Mary Lee McNeil
Lew Ayres's picture in the cast

Lew Ayres

Mr. Ames
Godfrey Cambridge's picture in the cast

Godfrey Cambridge

Willie Dorsey
Beah Richards's picture in the cast

Beah Richards

Charity Tomlin
Clifton James's picture in the cast

Clifton James

Mr. Eben
George Spell's picture in the cast

George Spell

Text Tomlin

Recommendations