Murphy's Romance (1985)
- Starring:
- Sally Field, James Garner, (more)
- Director(s):
- Martin Ritt
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Category:
- Romance
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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, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 107 mins
Complete Cast:
- Sally Field - Emma Moriarty
- Brian Kerwin - Bobby Jack Moriarty
- Dennis Burkley - Freeman Coverly
- Michael Crabtree - Jim Forrest
- Paul E. Pinnt - Auction Bidder
- Dortha Duckworth - Bessie
- Peggy McCay - Mrs. Willis
- Patricia Ann Willoughby - Lil
- Hugh Burritt - Kid in Car Crash
- Drasha Meyer - Ice Cream Lady
- Henry Slate - Fred Hite
- Art Royer - Clerk
- Charles Lane - Amos Abbott
- Marian Gibson - Mrs. Abbott
- Gene Blakely - Lucius Holt
- C. Ray Cook - Voice at Bingo Game
- Tom Rankin - Ben
- Sherry Lynn Amorosi - Doris
- Ted Gehring - Auctioneer
- James Garner - Murphy Jones
- Corey Haim - Jake Moriarty
- Georgann Johnson - Margaret
- Michael Prokopuk - Albert
- Irving Ravetch - Customer
- Ron Nix - Auction Bidder
- Michael Firel - Clerk
- Joshua Ravetch - Henry Bass
- John Higgenbotham - Boy at Barbecue
- Bruce French - Rex Boyd
- Anna Levine - Wanda
- Mike Casper - Hay Trucker
- Ray Sharkey - Larry Le Beau
- Eugene Cochran - Jonas
- John C. Becher - Jesse Pinker
- Carole King - Tillie
- Johnny Ray Anthony - Auction Bidder
- Michael Hungerford - Auction Bidder
- Director(s):
- Martin Ritt
- Writer(s):
- Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank, Jr.
- Producer(s):
- Laura Ziskin, Martin Ritt
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Brief Nudity)
- Categories:
- Romance
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