The Straight Story

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

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  Richard Farnsworth
  Alvin

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  Sissy Spacek
  Rose

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  Jane Galloway Heitz
  Dorothy

• J

  Joseph A. Carpenter
  Bud

• D

  Donald Wiegert
  Sig

• T

  Tracey Maloney
  Nurse

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  Dan Flannery
  Doctor Gibbons

• J

  Jennifer Edwards
  Brenda

• E

  Ed Grennan
  Pete

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  Jack Walsh
  Apple

• G

  Gil Pearson
  Bus Driver

• B

  Barbara June Patterson
  Woman on Bus

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  Everett McGill
  Tom the John Deere Dealer

• A

  Anastasia Webb
  Crystal

• M

  Matt Guidry
  Steve

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  Bill McCallum
  Rat

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  Barbara E. Robertson
  Deer Woman

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  James Cada
  Danny Riordan