Sally Field
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Box office. $30,762,621 [1] 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 ...
- the novella by, Max Schott
- Laura Ziskin
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.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Martin Ritt
- 1986-01-31
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. The film's theme song, "Love for the Last Time," is performed ...
Synopsis. After driving through the night in their pickup truck holding their life's belongings, divorced mother Emma Moriarty (Sally Field) and her son Jake (Corey Haim) arrive at their new home in Eunice, AZ. The property is a run-down ranch fixer-upper, so they resignedly set to work cleaning and repairing.
"Murphy's Romance" was directed by Martin Ritt, who also directed Field's Oscar-winning performance in "Norma Rae" and worked with her again in the less-than-successful "Back Roads." Ritt specializes in movies about the rural South and Southwest (his credits also include " Sounder ," "Hud" and "Conrack"), and one of the strenghts of "Murphy's ...
Advertise With Us. 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 ...
Murphy's Romance is a 1985 American romantic comedy film directed by Martin Ritt based on Max Schott's 1980 novella, which was released on December 25, 1985 by Columbia Pictures. Emma (Sally Field), a divorced single mother looking to start her life over moves to a small town in Arizona and builds a relationship with Murphy (James Garner), the older local pharmacist; but due to his age, it ...
