Falling from Grace is a 1992 American drama film directed by and starring John Mellencamp; it was met with more positive reviews than not. The 100-minute drama film is the on-screen and directorial debut rock singer John Mellencamp. It also stars Mariel Hemingway, Claude Akins, Dub Taylor, Kay Lenz, and . Larry McMurtry's story closely follows one of Mellencamp's own: following a country-music celebrity who returns to Indiana with his wife (Hemingway), but cheats with a hometown lover (Lenz), repeating the spiraling lifestyle of his father (Akins).