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The Straight Story

A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.

19991h 52mG 7.7/ 10

Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his estranged brother Lyle has suffered a severe stroke. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. He then has the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.

Cast

  • Richard FarnsworthAlvin
  • Sissy SpacekRose
  • Jane Galloway HeitzDorothy
  • J
    Joseph A. CarpenterBud
  • D
    Donald WiegertSig
  • T
    Tracey MaloneyNurse
  • Dan FlanneryDoctor Gibbons
  • J
    Jennifer EdwardsBrenda
  • E
    Ed GrennanPete
  • Jack WalshApple
  • G
    Gil PearsonBus Driver
  • B
    Barbara June PattersonWoman on Bus
  • Everett McGillTom the John Deere Dealer
  • A
    Anastasia WebbCrystal
  • M
    Matt GuidrySteve
  • Bill McCallumRat

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