The Straight Story
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
- Alvin Straight Richard Farnsworth
- Rose Straight Sissy Spacek
- Joseph A. Carpenter
- Donald Wiegert
- Dorothy, Straight's Next-Door Neighbor Jane Galloway Heitz
- Tracey Maloney
- Jennifer Edwards
- Ed Grennan
- Doctor Gibbons Dan Flannery
- Lyle Straight, Alvin's Brother Harry Dean Stanton
- Apple Jack Walsh
- Darla Riordan, Clermont Resident Sally Wingert
- Harald Olsen Kevin Farley
- Thorvald Olsen John Farley
- Crystal Anastasia Webb
- Tom the John Deere Dealer Everett McGill
- Danny Riordan, Clermont Resident James Cada
- Priest John Lordan
Directed by David Lynch
