The Straight Story

Name: The Straight Story
Cast: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek, Jane Galloway Heitz, Joseph A. Carpenter, Donald Wiegert

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director: David LynchWriters: John Roach, Mary SweeneyProducers: Alain Sarde, Michael Polaire, Neal Edelstein, Pierre Edelman

Richard Farnsworth

as Alvin

Sissy Spacek

as Rose

Jane Galloway Heitz

as Dorothy

Joseph A. Carpenter

as Bud

Donald Wiegert

as Sig

Tracey Maloney

as Nurse

Dan Flannery

as Doctor Gibbons

Jennifer Edwards

as Brenda

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