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
Harvey Lewis
as Second Bus Ticket Man
Gil Glasgow
as Stationmaster Gerard
