The Trip to Bountiful

December. 20,1985      PG
Rating:
7.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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."

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
Gil Glasgow as  Stationmaster Gerard

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