The Straight Story

The 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.

Cast & crew

Richard FarnsworthAlvin

Sissy SpacekRose

Jane Galloway HeitzDorothy

Joseph A. Carpenter

Joseph A. CarpenterBud

Donald Wiegert

Donald WiegertSig

Tracey Maloney

Tracey MaloneyNurse

Dan FlanneryDoctor Gibbons

Jennifer Edwards

Jennifer EdwardsBrenda

Ed Grennan

Ed GrennanPete

Jack WalshApple

Gil Pearson

Gil PearsonBus Driver

Barbara June Patterson

Barbara June PattersonWoman on Bus