Cross Creek

Cross Creek

127 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 21, 1983

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.

Cross Creek

127 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 21, 1983

Cross Creek
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers
Original title Cross Creek
Directors Martin Ritt
Writers Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Dalene Young

Cast

Mary Steenburgen

as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Rip Torn

as Marsh Turner

Peter Coyote

as Norton Baskin

Dana Hill

as Ellie Turner

Alfre Woodard

as Geechee

Joanna Miles

as Mrs. Turner

Ike Eisenmann

as Paul

Toni Hudson

as Tim's Wife

Cary Guffey

as Floyd Turner

Bo Rucker

as Leroy

Jay O. Sanders

as Charles Rawlings

John Hammond

as Tim

Tommy Alford

as Postal Clerk

Norton Baskin

as Man in the Rocking Chair

Terrence Gehr

as Store Keeper

Keith Michel

as Preston Turner

Nora Rogers

as Mary Turner

Kenneth V. Vickery

as Minister

C.T. Wakefield

as Sheriff

Malcolm McDowell

as Max Perkins