The Road to Galveston

The Road to Galveston

93 mins | Jan. 24, 1996

Jordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she took heart from the suggestion of a friend, a blind woman who was a nurse: enter a foster care program in which one takes care of patients in their own home. The patients she cares for are Alzheimers sufferers, and she shares her home with three other women in advanced stages of the disease, one (Gayle) wheelchair bound. And with these women, Jordan realizes a lifelong dream - to feel the ocean breeze. An accidental find of a coffee can stash of cash, buried by her late husband, makes the trip possible. Based on the true story of Peggy Lee of Camilla, Texas (the Alzheimers, the patients, and the foster care program are actual, the trip to the Galveston beaches is fictional).

The Road to Galveston

93 mins | Jan. 24, 1996

The Road to Galveston
Jordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she took heart from the suggestion of a friend, a blind woman who was a nurse: enter a foster care program in which one takes care of patients in their own home. The patients she cares for are Alzheimers sufferers, and she shares her home with three other women in advanced stages of the disease, one (Gayle) wheelchair bound. And with these women, Jordan realizes a lifelong dream - to feel the ocean breeze. An accidental find of a coffee can stash of cash, buried by her late husband, makes the trip possible. Based on the true story of Peggy Lee of Camilla, Texas (the Alzheimers, the patients, and the foster care program are actual, the trip to the Galveston beaches is fictional).
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers
Original title The Road to Galveston
Directors Michael Toshiyuki Uno
Writers

Cast

Salle Ellis

as Gayle

Penny Johnson Jerald

as Laney Roosevelt

Brandon Hammond

as Marcus Roosevelt Jr.

Stephen Root

as Ed Kirkman

Clarence Williams III

as Christopher, the Caretaker

Dennis Letts

as Roland Tate

Patti Yasutake

as Nurse Dickerson

Tony Frank

as Leroy

Dee Hennigan

as Linda Archer

Haskell Craver

as Bubba