Murphy's Romance
“Just when you think you've found the right guy, someone even worse comes along.”
Emma, a divorced single mother seeking to start her life over, moves to a small town in Arizona. She befriends Murphy, the older local pharmacist, but things turn complicated when her ex-husband shows up.
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Cast
39 people
Sally Field
Emma Moriarty
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James Garner
Murphy Jones
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Brian Kerwin
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Corey Haim
Jake Moriarty
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Dennis Burkley
Freeman Coverly
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Georgann Johnson
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Anna Levine
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Dortha Duckworth
Bessie
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Jim Forrest
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Martin Ritt Director · Irving Ravetch Screenplay Harriet Frank Jr. Screenplay
Worldwide gross $31M · Budget $13M · United States release December 25, 1985
Box office
Budget
$13,000,000
Worldwide gross
$30,867,525
Gross vs. budget
2.4×
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
United States · December 25, 1985
Theatrical
Germany
June 16, 1987 · Physical
Ireland
July 4, 1986 · Theatrical
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