To Dance with the White Dog

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To Dance with the White Dog ★★★ 1993 (PG)

Robert Samuel Peek (Cronyn) is a pecantree grower from rural Georgia who has been married to Cora (Tandy) for 57 years. Then she dies and their fussing daughters (Baranski and Wright) wonder how their father will survive. But Sam's increasing loneliness is checked when he befriends a stray white dog that it seems no one else can see. Based on the novel by Terry Kay. 98m/C VHS, DVD . Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Christine Baranski, Amy Wright, Esther Rolle, Harley Cross, Frank Whaley, Terry Beaver, Dan Albright, David Dwyer; D: Glenn Jordan; W: Susan Cooper; C: Neil Roach. TV