The Straight Story

Plot Summary

A retired farmer and widower in his seventies named 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.

Top Cast

Richard Farnsworth Alvin

Sissy Spacek Rose

Jane Galloway Heitz Dorothy

Joseph A. Carpenter Bud

Donald Wiegert Sig