Directed by:
Glenn JordanScreenplay:
Duane PooleComposer:
Lee HoldridgeCast:
Patty Duke, Piper Laurie, Jeffrey DeMunn, Anita Gillette, Alex Van, Eric Lloyd, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Julia McIlvaine, Esther Scott, Edith Ivey, Leland L. Jones, Robert C. Treveiler, Dan Albright (more)Plots(1)
When Buddy (Eric Lloyd) is abandoned by his parents at the age of seven, he is dumped in the south at the small-town home of some older unmarried cousins. Without friends of his own age, Buddy develops a close friendship with one of the older, simpler ladies, Sook (Patty Duke) and the two undertake many adventures together. At Christmas time, they bake 31 fruit-cakes which they give as Christmas presents, even mailing them to President Roosevelt and Jean Harlowe! Although Buddy is eventually urged to move on with his life by his incessant cousin Jennie (Piper Laurie), the memories of his friendship with Sook lives with him forever. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Patty Duke
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle Worker (1962)
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989) (TV movie)
Me, Natalie (1969)
Piper Laurie
USA
Best movies:
Children of a Lesser God (1986)
The Hustler (1961)
The Bunker (1981) (TV movie)
Jeffrey DeMunn
USA
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Green Mile (1999)
Frances (1982)
Anita Gillette
USA
Best movies:
Moonstruck (1987)
Bob Roberts (1992)
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012)
Alex Van
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
Ray (2004)
Lawless (2012)
Eric Lloyd
USA
Best movies:
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
The Santa Clause (1994)
Heart and Souls (1993)
Jimmie F. Skaggs
USA
Best movies:
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Gang Related (1997)
Julia McIlvaine
Best movies:
Lost Child, The (2000) (TV movie)
Office Killer (1997)
Esther Scott
USA
Best movies:
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Transformers (2007)
Edith Ivey
Best movies:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Norma Rae (1979)
Little Darlings (1980)
Leland L. Jones
USA
Best movies:
Shaft (2019)
Flash (1997) (TV movie)
Mama Flora's Family (1998) (TV movie)
Robert C. Treveiler
Best movies:
Prisoners (2013)
Sully (2016)
The Accountant (2016)
Dan Albright
Best movies:
Remember the Titans (2000)
Wise Blood (1979)
Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius (2004)
David Dwyer
USA
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Dan Biggers
USA
Best movies:
Glory (1989)
Murder in Coweta County (1983) (TV movie)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)