The Straight Story (1999)

7.7/10 • 112 min • Drama

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.

Cast

Richard Farnsworth

Sissy Spacek

Jane Galloway Heitz

Dorothy

Tracey Maloney

Dan Flannery

Jack Walsh

Apple

Everett McGill

Tom the John Deere Dealer

Bill McCallum

Barbara E. Robertson

James Cada

Sally Wingert

Barbara Kingsley

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