Directed by Jay Russell
A comedy drama film directed by Jay Russell.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 35%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
6.7/10
290 ratings
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.
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