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 as Alvin
Sissy Spacek as Rose
Jane Galloway Heitz as Dorothy
Joseph A. Carpenter as Bud
Donald Wiegert as Sig
Tracey Maloney as Nurse
Dan Flannery as Doctor Gibbons
Jennifer Edwards as Brenda
Ed Grennan as Pete
Jack Walsh as Apple
Gil Pearson as Bus Driver
Barbara June Patterson as Woman on Bus
Everett McGill as Tom the John Deere Dealer
Anastasia Webb as Crystal
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
Jim Haun as Johnny Johnson
Wiley Harker as Verlyn Heller
Randy Wiedenhoff as Fireman #1
Jerry E. Anderson as Fireman #2
Kevin Farley as Harald
John Farley as Thorvald
John Lordan as Priest
Garrett Sweeney as Boy in Truck
Peter Sweeney as Boy in Truck
Tommy Fahey as Boy in Truck
Matt Fahey as Boy in Truck
Dan Fahey as Boy in Truck
Russ Reed as Mt. Zion Bartender
Leroy Swadley as Bar Patron
Ralph Feldhacker as Farmer on Tractor
Harry Dean Stanton as Lyle
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