Maurice Murphy

Fatty Finn (1980)

The 10-year-old Hubert Finn, known as "Fatty", lived in poor conditions in Australia in the 1930s. He and his friends stick together as they often have to defend themselves against the villain Bomer and his gang. Fatty wants a detector radio, but can't afford it. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Murphy
CAST:  Ben Oxenbould  •  Rebecca Rigg  •  Jeremy Larsson  •  Martin Lewis

The 10-year-old Hubert Finn, known as "Fatty", lived in poor conditions in Australia in the 1930s. He and his friends stick together as they often have to defend themselves against the villain Bomer and his gang. Fatty wants a detector radio, but can't afford it. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Murphy
CAST:  Ben Oxenbould  •  Rebecca Rigg  •  Jeremy Larsson  •  Martin Lewis

15 Amore (1998)

An adult's memoir of a childhood spent with his mother and two sisters in Australia in the closing year of WWII. While his father off fighting the Japanese, two Italian prisoners of war are assigned to help out on the family's estate. Later they are joined by two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Murphy
CAST:  Lisa Hensley  •  Steve Bastoni  •  Domenic Galati  •  Tara Jakszewicz

An adult's memoir of a childhood spent with his mother and two sisters in Australia in the closing year of WWII. While his father off fighting the Japanese, two Italian prisoners of war are assigned to help out on the family's estate. Later they are joined by two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Murphy
CAST:  Lisa Hensley  •  Steve Bastoni  •  Domenic Galati  •  Tara Jakszewicz

Wet and Wild Summer (1992)

A property developer wants to take over an Australian beach for a high rise resort. He sends his son to Australia to check out the situation, posing as an exchange lifeguard. He falls in love with a woman who owns the land his father needs for the development and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Murphy
CAST:  Christopher Atkins  •  Julian McMahon  •  Elliott Gould  •  Vanessa Steele

A property developer wants to take over an Australian beach for a high rise resort. He sends his son to Australia to check out the situation, posing as an exchange lifeguard. He falls in love with a woman who owns the land his father needs for the development and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Murphy
CAST:  Christopher Atkins  •  Julian McMahon  •  Elliott Gould  •  Vanessa Steele

Doctors & Nurses (1981)

Doctors and Nurses is a gimmick film, a down under age reversal trick in the style of Alan Parker's 'Bugsy Malone'. A bunch of kids play the game of Doctors and Nurses - of the inoffensive dress-up kind - tending a bunch of adults suffering from a variety of ailments.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Murphy
CAST:  Pamela Stephenson  •  Bert Newton  •  Richard Meikle  •  Drew Forsythe

Doctors and Nurses is a gimmick film, a down under age reversal trick in the style of Alan Parker's 'Bugsy Malone'. A bunch of kids play the game of Doctors and Nurses - of the inoffensive dress-up kind - tending a bunch of adults suffering from a variety of ailments.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Murphy
CAST:  Pamela Stephenson  •  Bert Newton  •  Richard Meikle  •  Drew Forsythe

When the Queen Came to Town (2014)

The Queen's maiden visit to Australia in 1954 marked the end of one era and the dawn of another. It was post-depression, post WWII, and pre TV, and Australians came in their millions to bask in the presence of a monarch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Murphy
CAST:  Lorraine Bayly

The Queen's maiden visit to Australia in 1954 marked the end of one era and the dawn of another. It was post-depression, post WWII, and pre TV, and Australians came in their millions to bask in the presence of a monarch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Murphy
CAST:  Lorraine Bayly