 Raynor Wynn the author of the Sunday Times best seller The Salt Path resides in Polruan which also features heavily as the mid and end point of her 630 mile walk.The film "Stolen Hours" featuring Susan Hayward was filmed around Polruan.The latter part of the film follows an actress who comes to Polruan to live out the remainder of her life, following a brain tumour, with her surgeon husband.