The Road to Galveston (1996)

Plot Summary

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).

Full Cast & Characters

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

Director & Crew

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