The Straight Story

Storyline

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.

Principal Cast

Richard Farnsworth

Alvin

Sissy Spacek

Rose

Jane Galloway Heitz

Dorothy

JO

Joseph A. Carpenter

Bud

DO

Donald Wiegert

Sig

Tracey Maloney

Nurse

Dan Flannery

Doctor Gibbons

JE

Jennifer Edwards

Brenda

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