The Straight Story

A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.

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.

CastCrewDetailsGenres

Richard FarnsworthAlvin

Sissy SpacekRose

Jane Galloway HeitzDorothy

JJoseph A. CarpenterBud

DDonald WiegertSig

TTracey MaloneyNurse

Dan FlanneryDoctor Gibbons

JJennifer EdwardsBrenda

EEd GrennanPete

Jack WalshApple

GGil PearsonBus Driver

BBarbara June PattersonWoman on Bus

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