Cross Creek (film)

Cross Creek
Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold
Directed by	Martin Ritt
Screenplay by	Dalene Young
Based on	Cross Creek by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Produced by	Robert B. Radnitz Martin Ritt Terence Nelson
Starring	Mary Steenburgen Rip Torn Peter Coyote Alfre Woodard Dana Hill
Cinematography	John A. Alonzo
Edited by	Sidney Levin
Music by	Leonard Rosenman
Production company	Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment
Distributed by	Universal Pictures Associated Film Distribution
Release dates	May 1983 (1983-05) (Cannes) September 21, 1983 (1983-09-21) (United States)
Running time	127 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$8 million[1]

Cross Creek is a 1983 American biographical drama romance film starring Mary Steenburgen as The Yearling author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. The film is directed by Martin Ritt and is based in part on Rawlings's 1942 memoir Cross Creek.