The Trip to Bountiful

Plot Summary

Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940s Houston, Texas with a controlling daughter-in-law and a hen-pecked son. Her fondest wish – just once before she dies – is to revisit Bountiful, the small Texas town of her youth which she still refers to as "home."

Top Cast

Geraldine Page Mrs. Carrie Watts

John Heard Ludie Watts

Carlin Glynn Jessie Mae

Richard Bradford Sheriff

Rebecca De Mornay Thelma