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The Road to Galveston

50 %|Jan 24, 1996|Drama, TV Movie

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).

Featured Crew

Michael Toshiyuki Uno
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Cast

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Cicely Tyson
Jordan Roosevelt
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Piper Laurie
Wanda Kirkman
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Tess Harper
Julia Archer
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James McDaniel
Marcus Roosevelt Sr.
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Penny Johnson Jerald
Laney Roosevelt
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Brandon Hammond
Marcus Roosevelt Jr.
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Stephen Root
Ed Kirkman
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Clarence Williams III
Christopher, the Caretaker
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Dennis Letts
Roland Tate
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Patti Yasutake
Nurse Dickerson
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Dee Hennigan
Linda Archer
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Alex Morris
Teddy Roosevelt