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  David Lynch

  regizor

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  Mary Sweeney

  scenarist

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  Richard Farnsworth

  Alvin Straight
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  Sissy Spacek

  Rose Straight
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  Jane Galloway

  Dorothy
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  Everett McGill

  Tom
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  John Farley

  Thorvald Olsen, Tractor Mechanic
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  Harry Dean Stanton

  Lyle Straight, Alvin's Brother

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  Stephen Cinabro

  Poliţist
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  Kevin P. Farley

  Harald Olsen, Tractor Mechanic
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  Joseph A. Carpenter

  Bud
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  Jennifer Edwards-Hughes

  Brenda
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  Dan Flannery

  Doctor Gibbons
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  Ed Grennan

  Pete
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  Tracey Maloney

  Nurse

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  Barbara June Patterson

  Woman on Bus
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  Gil Pearson

  Bus Driver
• 
  Jack Walsh

  Apple
• 
  Anastasia Webb

  Crystal
• 
  Donald Wiegert

  Sig
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  Max the Wonder Dog

  Farm Dog

• 
  Angelo Badalamenti

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