Film

The Road to Galveston

1996 · 1h 33m · Drama · TV Movie

They were four lost souls until she led them down the road to a place called home.

IMDb

7.2

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).

Cicely Tyson

Jordan Roosevelt

Piper Laurie

Wanda Kirkman

Tess Harper

Julia Archer

James McDaniel

Marcus Roosevelt Sr.

Starletta DuPois

Sally

Salle Ellis

Gayle

Penny Johnson Jerald

Laney Roosevelt

Brandon Hammond

Marcus Roosevelt Jr.

Stephen Root

Ed Kirkman

Clarence Williams III

Christopher, the Caretaker

Dennis Letts

Roland Tate

Patti Yasutake

Nurse Dickerson

Tony Frank

Leroy

Dee Hennigan

Linda Archer

Haskell Craver

Bubba

Alex Morris

Teddy Roosevelt

• Michael Toshiyuki UnoDirector

Release date

January 24, 1996

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

6

Genres

Drama, TV Movie