Cross Creek

• PG
• 120 min
• 1983
• USA
• English
• Directed by Martin Ritt

• Mary Steenburgen,
• Rip Torn

In 1928, frustrated newspaper reporter Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings leaves her husband and career to move to an isolated orange grove in the Florida bayou to write fiction. But instead of solitude, Marjorie finds herself surrounded by interesting characters; a devoted servant who becomes a fast friend; a handsome local businessman; a backwoods local man; and the man's young daughter, who becomes Marjorie's biggest inspiration.

• Biography
• Drama
• Romance