The Trip to Bountiful

Name: The Trip to Bountiful
Director: Vincent J. Donehue
Released: 1953-03-01
Duration: 60 min
Cast: Will Hare, Eva Marie Saint, Frank Overton, Dennis Cross, John Beal

S5 E16 March 1, 1953 1h 0m

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Overview

Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940's 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." The trouble is her son, Ludie, is too concerned for her health to allow her to travel alone and her petty daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae, insists they don't have money to squander on bus tickets. This prompts "escape" attempts each month which coincide with the arrival of Mrs. ...