Cross Creek poster
Screenplay Dalene Young
Director Martin Ritt

Cross Creek

Tagline: The portrait of a woman who, at the edge of survival, found a world of meaning.

Release Date: 1983-09-21

Duration: 127 minutes

Synopsis

In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editors and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.

Casting

  • Malcolm McDowell
    Max Perkins
  • Mary Steenburgen
    Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
  • Cary Guffey
    Floyd Turner
  • Dana Hill
    Ellie Turner
  • Rip Torn
    Marsh Turner
  • Alfre Woodard
    Geechee
  • Peter Coyote
    Norton Baskin
  • Jay O. Sanders
    Charles Rawlings
  • Joanna Miles
    Mrs. Turner
  • Toni Hudson
    Tim's Wife