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The Biscuit Eater (1940 film)

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Genre
  
Drama, Family

Duration
  

Language
  
English

7.1/10
IMDb

Director
  
Stuart Heisler

Music director
  
Friedrich Hollaender

Country
  
United States

The Biscuit Eater (1940 film) movie poster

Release date
  
May 22, 1940 (1940-05-22) (New York City)

Based on
  
the short story "The Biscuit Eater"  by James H. Street

Writer
  
Stuart Anthony (screen play), Lillie Hayward (screen play), James H. Street (based on a story by)

Screenplay
  
Lillie Hayward, Stuart Anthony

Cast
  
Billy Lee
(Lonnie McNeil),
Cordell Hickman
(Text Lee),
Lester Matthews
(Mr Ames),
Dick Lane
(Harvey McNeil),
Fred Toones
(Sermon)

Similar movies
  
Good-bye - My Lady (1956), More than Puppy Love (2000), Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999), Old Yeller (1957), Hachi: A Dogs Tale (2009)

Tagline
  
James Street's Thrilling Saturday Evening Post Story, bought to the screen as a Heart-Warming Story of Youth!

The Biscuit Eater is a 1940 children's film starring Billy Lee and Cordell Hickman as two kids who raise a runt of a dog. It was named one of the Top Ten Films of 1940 by the National Board of Review. Walt Disney Productions made a 1972 remake under the same title.

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Cast

  • Billy Lee as Lonnie McNeil
  • Cordell Hickman as Text Lee
  • Richard Lane as Harvey McNeil
  • Lester Matthews as Mr. Ames
  • Helene Millard as Mrs. McNeil
  • Fred Toones as Sermon (as Snowflake)
  • Tiverton Invader as Promise, aka The Biscuit Eater
  • References

    The Biscuit Eater (1940 film) Wikipedia
    The Biscuit Eater (1940 film) IMDbThe Biscuit Eater (1940 film) Rotten TomatoesThe Biscuit Eater (1940 film) themoviedb.org