A new version of Truman Capote's 1956 tale based on his own bittersweet upbringing in Alabama. The story deals with a seven-year-old who forms a special friendship with his simple, older cousin whose two sisters and bachelor brother feel he needs better influences and role models and decide to send him to military school after the Christmas holidays.
| Directing | Glenn Jordan | Director |
| Writing | Duane Poole | Teleplay |
| Writing | Truman Capote | Short Story |
| Production | John Philip Dayton | Executive Producer |
| Production | Robert Halmi Sr. | Executive Producer |
| Production | Glenn Jordan | Producer |
| Production | Duane Poole | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Robert Bennett Steinhauer | Co-Producer |
| Production | David A. Simmons | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Lee Holdridge | Music |
| Camera | Neil Roach | Director of Photography |
| Editing | David A. Simmons | Editor |
| Art | Fred Harpman | Production Design |
| Art | Joseph Litsch | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Linda Donahue | Costume Design |
