The Straight Story

The Straight Story
1999Drama112 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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 ... read more

  • David Lynch

    Director

  • John Roach

    Screenplay

  • Mary Sweeney

    Screenplay

  • Freddie Francis

    Director of Photography

  • Mary Sweeney

    Editor

  • Richard Farnsworth

    Alvin

  • Sissy Spacek

    Rose

  • Jane Galloway Heitz

    Dorothy

  • Joseph A. Carpenter

    Bud

  • Donald Wiegert

    Sig

  • Tracey Maloney

    Nurse

  • Dan Flannery

    Doctor Gibbons

  • Jennifer Edwards

    Brenda

  • Ed Grennan

    Pete

  • Jack Walsh

    Apple

  • Gil Pearson

    Bus Driver

  • Barbara June Patterson

    Woman on Bus

  • Everett McGill

    Tom the John Deere Dealer

  • Anastasia Webb

    Crystal

  • Matt Guidry

    Steve

  • Bill McCallum

    Rat

  • Barbara E. Robertson

    Deer Woman

  • James Cada

    Danny Riordan

  • Sally Wingert

    Darla Riordan

  • Barbara Kingsley

    Janet Johnson

  • Jim Haun

    Johnny Johnson

  • Wiley Harker

    Verlyn Heller

  • Randy Wiedenhoff

    Fireman #1

  • Jerry E. Anderson

    Fireman #2

  • Kevin Farley

    Harald

  • John Farley

    Thorvald

  • John Lordan

    Priest

  • Garrett Sweeney

    Boy in Truck

  • Peter Sweeney

    Boy in Truck

  • Tommy Fahey

    Boy in Truck

  • Matt Fahey

    Boy in Truck

  • Dan Fahey

    Boy in Truck

  • Russ Reed

    Mt. Zion Bartender

  • Leroy Swadley

    Bar Patron

  • Ralph Feldhacker

    Farmer on Tractor

  • Harry Dean Stanton

    Lyle

    • 4.0
  • Road Moviesby pedro

    • Runtime

    112 minutes

    Released

    1999-10-15

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    France

    United Kingdom

    United States of America

    Studios

    Les Films Alain Sarde

    The Picture Factory

    StudioCanal

    Film4 Productions

    Sound

  • Angelo Badalamenti

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    39 days ago

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