
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."
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About The Trip to Bountiful
- Directors
- Peter Masterson
- Cast
- Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford, Rebecca De Mornay, Kevin Cooney
- Genres
- Drama
- Content rating
- PG
- Original language
- English
- Production countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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