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.
Willie Morris
Ellen Morris
Jack Morris
Rivers Applewhite
Narrator
Dink Jenkins
Big Boy Wilkinson
Henjie Henick
Spit McGee
Junior Smalls
Millard
River's Friend
Spectator
Accordian Boy
Mrs. Jenkins
Sammy
Grandpa Percy
Mr. Jenkins
Aunt Maggie
