Father Murphy
A good-hearted frontiersman poses as a priest to start an orphanage for a group of kids whose homes have been destroyed by an evil mining manager.
Overview
A good-hearted frontiersman poses as a priest to start an orphanage for a group of kids whose homes have been destroyed by an evil mining manager.
Michael Landon
Producer
Episodes
1. Pilot (1)
In the late 1800s, John Murphy wanders into a wild mining town controlled by a local tycoon. Instant enmity is born, but the gritty Murphy joins a local miner and a homeless waif to work a gold claim and fight the tycoon's influence. Murphy's decision to stay is reinforced when the tycoon's heavies kill the parents of neighbor children over control of a gold strike. Together with the local school teacher, Murphy becomes temporary father to the children.
2. Pilot (2)
No description available.
3. Eggs, Milk and a Dry Bed
A handsome but ineffectual priest joins the school and provides comic opposition to Murphy and a pair of brothers in the orphanage, one of whom has a bed-wetting problem.
Cast & Crew
Merlin Olsen
John Michael Murphy
Moses Gunn
Kellie Martin
Flossie
Amanda Peterson
Elizabeth
Timothy Gibbs
Lisa Trusel
