"Just when you think you've found the right guy, someone even worse comes along." 25 December 1985 Drama, Comedy, Romance 107 mins
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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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
Martin Ritt Director
Eric W. Orbom Assistant Art Director
Bruce Wright ADR Editor
Steve Kelso Stunt Double
Les Fresholtz Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gary Guarnier Assistant Sound Editor
Jack A. Finlay Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Marty Church Foley Mixer
Robert Gutknecht Sound Effects Editor
Vern Poore Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mark Server Cableman
Ken Dufva Foley Artist
Irving Ravetch Screenplay
Jim Van Wyck Associate Producer
Rick Caprarelli Leadman
Janice D. Brandow Hairstylist
Germany 16 June 1987
Ireland 04 July 1986
United States 25 December 1985
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