The Road to Galveston (1996)
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).
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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).
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Genre:Drama, TV Movie
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In Theaters:1/24/1996
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Runtime:93 minutes
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Cast
Michael Toshiyuki Uno
Director
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
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