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The Biscuit Eater

The Biscuit Eater

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 22, 1972

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Drama, Family

User Score

62%

Original Title

The Biscuit Eater

Production Companies

Walt Disney Productions

Director

Vincent McEveety

Description

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."