The Trip to Bountiful

The Trip to Bountiful

108 mins | Drama | Dec. 20, 1985

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."

The Trip to Bountiful

108 mins | Drama | Dec. 20, 1985

The Trip to Bountiful
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."
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers FilmDallas Pictures, Bountiful Film Partners
Original title The Trip to Bountiful
Directors Peter Masterson
Writers Horton Foote

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