Father Murphy - Season 1
by Leo Penn, Maury Dexter, Michael Landon, Victor French, William F. Claxton
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Actor: Bob G. Anthony, Jenny Beck, Katherine Cannon, Merlin Olsen, Richard BergmanDirector: Leo Penn, Maury Dexter, Michael Landon, Victor French, William F. Claxton
Writer: Chris Abbott
Writer: Don Balluck
Writer: Harry Longstreet
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1175 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Father Murphy - Season 1
DVD Review: Pleasant
Summary: 4 Stars
Merlin Olsen disguises himself as a priest so territory officials believe the church is supporting his friend Mae's orphanage and school, and do not send the children to the hated work-house.
This series often has a new child guest star in an episode. Has a villain who shows up regularly trying different ways to close the orphanage and send the children to the hated work-house.
In real life, Merlin Olsen was a star NFL football player for the LA Rams.
"Father Murphy" is closest to being "Bonanza" with kids. "Little House on the Prairie" and "Road to Avonlea" are a league above "Father Murphy". They have more of everything, bigger budgets, better writers, more charm (depth), more character-acting (Mrs. Olsen), and more character development (opportunity for personality). Several episodes of "Father Murphy" do reach the level of "Little House". The episode, "The Horse from Heaven", is good; the new priest is swindled into using the orphanage's last money to buy a race horse, to win money for food for the orphanage, but later finds that no one has ever been able to break and ride the horse. The tale of Amanda about the bank embezzler doing good deeds is good. Three of the 21 episodes did not interest me. In the league of the "Christy" series. The characters are likeable, but not the exceptional star charm of Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert. "Little House" and "Avonlea" had the advantage of being based on great books. There are so few good shows on TV, that I was willing to work with "Father Murphy", and enjoyed both seasons.
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