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Jan 31, 1986 · Murphy's Romance: Directed by Martin Ritt. With Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim. Emma moves to a ranch with her son after a divorce and befriends the older Murphy, but things turn complicated when her ex shows up.
Murphy's Romance is a 1985 American romantic-comedy film directed by Martin Ritt. The screenplay by Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch was based on the 1980 novella by Max Schott. The film stars Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, and Corey Haim, and was produced by Laura Ziskin for Field's production company Fogwood Films.
Wanting to start a new life with her twelve year-old son Jake, thirty three year-old divorcée Emma Moriarty, with little in her pockets in terms of money, rents a farmstead outside a small town in the west, starting a business of opening a stable to house and train horses.
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Murphy's Romance - (Original Trailer) A divorced woman (Sally Field) and her son move to small town to take on a horse ranch in Murphy's Romance (1985).
From the moment Sally Field pilots her battered old pickup into town and parks her kid out at the farm and walks into James Garner's drugstore and they lay eyes on each other for the first time, it's pretty clear that they are going to have to fall in love with each other and get married.
Emma (Sally Field), a divorced single mother seeking to start her life over, moves to a small town in Arizona. She builds a relationship with Murphy (James Garner), the older local pharmacist but...
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- Romance, Comedy
- PG-13
