Murphy's Romance (1985)
- Starring:
- Sally Field, James Garner, (more)
- Director(s):
- Martin Ritt
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Murphy's Romance
Newly divorced Emma Moriarty (Sally Field) moves herself and her young son to a small Arizona town, hoping to establish a horse farm. Town pharmacist Murphy Jones (James Garner), the town's most eligible bachelor, develops a platonic friendship with Emma, but he decides to keep his distance when her ex-husband Bobby Jack (Brian Kerwin), who claims he's changed his irresponsible ways, moves back in with her. At a party at Emma's ranch, Murphy and Bobby Jack get into a verbal row, but nothing is settled until Wanda (Anna Levine) shows up with two babies in tow, claiming that Bobby Jack is the father. Once rid of her ex, Emma commisserates with her friend Murphy at his drug store--and is quite surprised to discover that she's fallen in love with the older man, and he with her. Murphy's Romance is a very gentle romantic comedy; even Murphy's cast-away lady friend (Georgann Johnson) behaves like a civilized human being instead of a woman scorned. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 107 mins
Complete Cast of Murphy's Romance
- Sally Field - Emma Moriarty
- Brian Kerwin - Bobby Jack Moriarty
- Dennis Burkley - Freeman Coverly
- Sherry Lynn Amorosi - Doris
- Carole King - Tillie
- John Higgenbotham - Boy at Barbecue
- Ray Sharkey - Larry Le Beau
- Eugene Cochran - Jonas
- John C. Becher - Jesse Pinker
- Dortha Duckworth - Bessie
- Joshua Ravetch - Henry Bass
- Johnny Ray Anthony - Auction Bidder
- Michael Crabtree - Jim Forrest
- Anna Levine - Wanda
- Mike Casper - Hay Trucker
- Ron Nix - Auction Bidder
- Drasha Meyer - Ice Cream Lady
- Irving Ravetch - Customer
- Ted Gehring - Auctioneer
- James Garner - Murphy Jones
- Corey Haim - Jake Moriarty
- Georgann Johnson - Margaret
- Michael Hungerford - Auction Bidder
- Michael Firel - Clerk
- Hugh Burritt - Kid in Car Crash
- Marian Gibson - Mrs. Abbott
- Gene Blakely - Lucius Holt
- Bruce French - Rex Boyd
- Patricia Ann Willoughby - Lil
- Tom Rankin - Ben
- Michael Prokopuk - Albert
- Henry Slate - Fred Hite
- Art Royer - Clerk
- Charles Lane - Amos Abbott
- Peggy McCay - Mrs. Willis
- C. Ray Cook - Voice at Bingo Game
- Paul E. Pinnt - Auction Bidder
- Director(s):
- Martin Ritt
- Writer(s):
- Harriet Frank, Jr., Irving Ravetch
- Producer(s):
- Laura Ziskin, Martin Ritt
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Adult Language, Brief Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Situations)
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