Murphy's Romance (1985) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Martin Ritt.

Cast

• Sally Field as Emma Moriarty
• James Garner as Murphy Jones
• Brian Kerwin as Bobby Jack Moriarty
• Corey Haim as Jake Moriarty
• Dennis Burkley as Freeman Coverly
• Georgann Johnson as Margaret
• Dortha Duckworth as Bessie
• Michael Prokopuk as Albert
• Billy Ray Sharkey as Larry Le Beau
• Michael Crabtree as Jim Forrest
• Anna Thomson as Wanda
• Charles Lane as Amos Abbott
• Bruce French as Rex Boyd
• John C. Becher as Jesse Parker
• Henry Slate as Fred Hite
• Tom Rankin as Ben
• Peggy McCay as Mrs. Willis
• Carole King as Tillie
• Ted Gehring as Auctioneer
• Joshua Ravetch as Henry Bass
• C. Ray Cook as Voice at Bingo Game
• Eugene Cochran as Jonas
• Gene Blakely as Lucien Holt
• Sherry Lynn Amorosi as Doris
• Patricia Ann Willoughby as Lil
• Mike Casper as Hay Trucker
• Hugh Burritt as Kid in Car Crash
• Michael Friel as Clerk #1
• Art Royer as Clerk #2
• Marian Gibson as Mrs. Abbott
• Irving Ravetch as Customer
• Michael Hungerford as Auction Bidder #1
• John Higgenbotham as Boy at Barbecue
• Drasha Meyer as Ice Cream Lady
• Ron Nix as Auction Bidder #2
• Johnny Ray Anthony as Auction Bidder #3
• Paul Pinnt as Auction Bidder #4

Crew

• Martin Ritt — Director
• Irving Ravetch — Screenplay
• Laura Ziskin — Producer
• Max Schott — Novel
• Harriet Frank Jr. — Screenplay
• William A. Fraker — Director of Photography
• Carole King — Original Music Composer

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