The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
Drama
Overview
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."
Cast
- Geraldine Page as Mrs. Carrie Watts
- John Heard as Ludie Watts
- Carlin Glynn as Jessie Mae
- Richard Bradford as Sheriff
- Rebecca De Mornay as Thelma
- Kevin Cooney as Roy
- Harvey Lewis as Second Bus Ticket Man
- Gil Glasgow as Stationmaster Gerard
- Kirk Sisco as Train Ticket Agent