Cast
- Richard Farnsworth as Alvin Straight
- Sissy Spacek as Rose Straight
- Harry Dean Stanton as Lyle Straight
- Jane Galloway Heitz as Dorothy
- Joseph Carpenter as Bud
- Donald Wiegert as Sig
- Ed Grennan as Pete
- Jack Walsh as Apple
- James Cada as Danny Riordan
- Wiley Harker as Verlyn Heller
- Kevin Farley as Harald Olsen
- John P. Farley as Thorvald Olsen
- Anastasia Webb as Crystal
- Barbara E. Robertson as Deer woman
- John Lordan as Priest
- Everett McGill as Tom
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