The Straight Story
October 15, 1999
Overview
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...More
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.
Cast and crew
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David Lynch
Director
Richard Farnsworth
Alvin
Sissy Spacek
Rose
Jane Galloway Heitz
Dorothy
JAC
Joseph A. Carpenter
Bud
DW
Donald Wiegert
Sig
TM
Tracey Maloney
Nurse
Dan Flannery
Doctor Gibbons
JE
Jennifer Edwards
Brenda
EG
Ed Grennan
Pete
Jack Walsh
Apple
GP
Gil Pearson
Bus Driver
BJP
Barbara June Patterson
Woman on Bus
Everett McGill
Tom the John Deere Dealer
AW
Anastasia Webb
Crystal
MG
Matt Guidry
Steve
Bill McCallum
Rat
Barbara E. Robertson
Deer Woman
JC
James Cada
Danny Riordan
Sally Wingert
Darla Riordan
Barbara Kingsley
Janet Johnson
JH
Jim Haun
Johnny Johnson
Wiley Harker
Verlyn Heller
RW
Randy Wiedenhoff
Fireman #1
JEA
Jerry E. Anderson
Fireman #2
Kevin Farley
Harald
John Farley
Thorvald
JL
John Lordan
Priest
GS
Garrett Sweeney
Boy in Truck
PS
Peter Sweeney
Boy in Truck
TF
Tommy Fahey
Boy in Truck
MF
Matt Fahey
Boy in Truck
DF
Dan Fahey
Boy in Truck
RR
Russ Reed
Mt. Zion Bartender
LS
Leroy Swadley
Bar Patron
RF
Ralph Feldhacker
Farmer on Tractor
Harry Dean Stanton
Lyle