The Straight Story

A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, 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. Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.

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  Richard Farnsworth

  Alvin
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  Sissy Spacek

  Rose
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  Jane Galloway Heitz

  Dorothy
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  Tracey Maloney

  Nurse
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  Dan Flannery

  Doctor Gibbons
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  Jack Walsh

  Apple
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  Everett McGill

  Tom the John Deere Dealer
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  Bill McCallum

  Rat
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  Barbara E. Robertson

  Deer Woman
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  James Cada

  Danny Riordan