Father Murphy (TV Series)
1981 · Series · 48 min. · United States
An 1870s frontiersman named John Michael Murphy who teams up with prospector Moses Gage (Moses Gunn) to shelter a group of orphans who are being threatened with a workhouse. Murphy disguises himself as a priest and befriends a schoolmarm to help the children find a home. At the end of the first season, his true identity is revealed to the head of the workhouse, and the orphans seem destined to a life of labor. Instead, Murphy marries the schoolmarm and they get custody of the children.
Direction Michael Landon · Victor French · William F. Claxton
Cast Merlin Olsen · Katherine Cannon · Timothy Gibbs · Moses Gunn · Scott Mellini · Lisa Trusel · Kirk Brennan · Byron Thames · Michael Reynolds · Jason Anderson · Richard Bergman
Soundtrack David Rose
Screenplay Michael Landon · John T. Dugan · Harry Longstreet
Cinematography Haskell B. Boggs · Leonard South · Brianne Murphy
Original title Father Murphy (TV Series)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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