The Straight Story

Overview

Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. 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.

Details

Cast

Richard Farnsworth

Alvin

Sissy Spacek

Rose

Jane Galloway Heitz

Dorothy

Joseph A. Carpenter

Bud

Donald Wiegert

Sig

Tracey Maloney

Nurse

Dan Flannery

Doctor Gibbons

Jennifer Edwards

Brenda

Ed Grennan

Pete

Jack Walsh

Apple

Gil Pearson

Bus Driver

Barbara June Patterson

Woman on Bus

Everett McGill

Tom the John Deere Dealer

Anastasia Webb

Crystal

Matt Guidry

Steve

Bill McCallum

Rat

Barbara E. Robertson

Deer Woman

James Cada

Danny Riordan

Sally Wingert

Darla Riordan

Barbara Kingsley

Janet Johnson