The Biscuit Eater
Synopsis
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."
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Ever wondered why you rarely hear about The Biscuit Eater, a live action film produced by Disney in the ‘70s? Well wonder no longer as the answer is simple - it’s absolutely awful! In this non-entity of a story, based on the 1940 film of the same name, two young boys attempt to turn a no good egg-sucking, biscuit-eating mutt into a prize-winning bird dog.
The first problem is the unbelievably whiny little brats in the lead roles. Starring a young Johnny Whitaker, fresh from the TV-series Family Affair, as an obnoxious ginger haired git and George Spell as his black friend, the film attempts to be racially inclusive yet is laden by offensive stereotypes. This is particularly true of…
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Ever wondered why you rarely hear about The Biscuit Eater, a live action film produced by Disney in the ‘70s? Well wonder no longer as the answer is simple - it’s absolutely awful! In this non-entity of a story, based on the 1940 film of the same name, two young boys attempt to turn a no good egg-sucking, biscuit-eating mutt into a prize-winning bird dog.
The first problem is the unbelievably whiny little brats in the lead roles. Starring a young Johnny Whitaker, fresh from the TV-series Family Affair, as an obnoxious ginger haired git and George Spell as his black friend, the film attempts to be racially inclusive yet is laden by offensive stereotypes. This is particularly true of…