Watch Murphy's Romance (1985) Free Online

Release Date: 1985

Cast: Brian Kerwin, Michael Prokopuk, Dennis Burkley, Corey Haim, Michael Crabtree, Georgann Johnson, Sally Field, James Garner, Billy Ray Sharkey

Categories: Movies, Comedy, Romance Film, Romantic Comedy

Murphy's Romance is a 1985 romantic comedy film adapted by Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch from a story by Max Schott and directed by Martin Ritt. The film stars Sally Field (also executive producer), James Garner, Brian Kerwin, and Corey Haim. The film's theme song, "Love for the Last Time," is performed by Carole King. Emma Moriarty (Sally Field) is a 33-year-old, divorced mother who moves to a rural Arizona town to make a living by training and boarding horses. She becomes friends with the town's druggist (pharmacist), Murphy Jones (James Garner), but a romance between them seems... MORE

Murphy's Romance is a 1985 romantic comedy film adapted by Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch from a story by Max Schott and directed by Martin Ritt. The film stars Sally Field (also executive producer), James Garner, Brian Kerwin, and Corey Haim. The film's theme song, "Love for the Last Time," is performed by Carole King. Emma Moriarty (Sally Field) is a 33-year-old, divorced mother who moves to a rural Arizona town to make a living by training and boarding horses. She becomes friends with the town's druggist (pharmacist), Murphy Jones (James Garner), but a romance between them seems unlikely due to Murphy's age and because Emma allows her ex-husband, Bobby Jack Moriarty (Brian Kerwin), to move back in with her and their 12-year-old son, Jake (Corey Haim). Emma struggles to make ends meet, but is helped by Murphy, who (while refusing to help her outright with a financial loan) buys a horse and boards it with her and encourages others to do the same, and provides much-needed emotional support for both her and Jake. A rivalry begins to develop between Murphy and her ex-husband, until one day another woman shows up with Bobby Jack's twin baby boys. As her ex leaves town, Emma asks LESS