2 Season
35 Episode
Father Murphy - Season 1 Episode 14 The Parable of Amanda
Amanda, a pretty accomplice to a bank robbery, is in a stage wreck near Gold Hill while escaping from her crime. She dons the habit of a nun who died in the wreck to avoid capture, but winds up having to go to the orphanage where the sister was expected. She grows attached to the children, and warm and comic moments ensue before she and Murphy drop pretenses in a touching conclusion.
- Year: 1983
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Western, Drama
- Studio: NBC
- Keyword: orphan, period drama, 19th century
- Director: Michael Landon
- Cast: Merlin Olsen, Moses Gunn, Kellie Martin, Amanda Peterson, Timothy Gibbs, Lisa Trusel