The Road to Galveston
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).
Cast
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Cicely Tyson
Played Jordan Roosevelt
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Piper Laurie
Played Wanda Kirkman
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Tess Harper
Played Julia Archer
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James McDaniel
Played Marcus Roosevelt Sr.
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Starletta DuPois
Played Sally
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Salle Ellis
Played Gayle
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Penny Johnson Jerald
Played Laney Roosevelt
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Brandon Hammond
Played Marcus Roosevelt Jr.
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Stephen Root
Played Ed Kirkman
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Clarence Williams II…
Played Christopher, the Car…
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Dennis Letts
Played Roland Tate
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Patti Yasutake
Played Nurse Dickerson
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Tony Frank
Played Leroy
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Dee Hennigan
Played Linda Archer
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Haskell Craver
Played Bubba
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Alex Morris
Played Teddy Roosevelt
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