The Straight Story
A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.
7.7(1,828) 1999-10-15 112 minDrama
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.
DirectorDavid Lynch
ProducerNeal Edelstein
ProducerMary Sweeney
Original Music ComposerAngelo Badalamenti
WriterJohn Roach
WriterMary Sweeney
ProducerAlain Sarde
Cast & characters
Richard Farnsworth
as Alvin
Sissy Spacek
as Rose
Jane Galloway Heitz
as Dorothy
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Joseph A. Carpenter
as Bud
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Donald Wiegert
as Sig
Tracey Maloney
as Nurse
Dan Flannery
as Doctor Gibbons
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Jennifer Edwards
as Brenda
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Ed Grennan
as Pete
Jack Walsh
as Apple
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Gil Pearson
as Bus Driver
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Barbara June Patterson
as Woman on Bus
Everett McGill
as Tom the John Deere Dealer
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Anastasia Webb
as Crystal
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Matt Guidry
as Steve
Bill McCallum
as Rat
Barbara E. Robertson
as Deer Woman
James Cada
as Danny Riordan
Sally Wingert
as Darla Riordan
Barbara Kingsley
as Janet Johnson
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Jim Haun
as Johnny Johnson
Wiley Harker
as Verlyn Heller
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Randy Wiedenhoff
as Fireman #1
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Jerry E. Anderson
as Fireman #2
