Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

1h 47min

Documentary

History

TV Movie

In the spring of 1903, on a whim and a fifty-dollar bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson set off from San Francisco in a 20-horsepower Winton touring car hoping to become the first person to cross the United States in the new-fangled "horseless carriage." Most people doubted that the automobile had much of a future. Jackson's trip would prove them wrong.

Production Companies

Florentine Films

american lives ii film project

Cast

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Horatio Nelson Jackson (voice)
Keith David

Keith David

Narrator (voice)
Adam Arkin

Adam Arkin

Other Voices (voice)
Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

Other Voices (voice)
John Cullum

John Cullum

Other Voices (voice)
Amy Madigan

Amy Madigan

Other Voices (voice)
Eli Wallach

Eli Wallach

Other Voices (voice)

Release date

6th Oct 2003

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English