Samuel Murphy
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Oct 21, 2026
Andy FalesHOST
1933, Oregon, World War I, veteran and single father.
Andy FalesHOST
Samuel Murphy, played by Ethan Hawke, separated from his young daughter, sent to a brutal labor camp that is headed up by Russell Crowe.
Andy FalesHOST
Ooh.
Andy FalesHOST
That looks really good.
Andy FalesHOST
1933, Oregon, World War I, veteran and single father.
Andy FalesHOST
Samuel Murphy, played by Ethan Hawke, separated from his young daughter, sent to a brutal labor camp that is headed up by Russell Crowe.
Andy FalesHOST
Ooh.
Andy FalesHOST
That looks really good.
Scott TobiasHOST
Now we turn our attention to Podrick McKinley's The Weight, which isn't drawn from the same source material, but nonetheless feels deeply indebted to it.
Scott TobiasHOST
Set in the economic despair of 1930s Oregon, the film stars Ethan Hawke as Samuel Murphy, a widower who's just been evicted from the apartment he shares with his young daughter.
Scott TobiasHOST
As the two are out searching for another place to live, Murphy runs afoul of the law and gets thrown into prison, where he's to serve out his sentence at a labor camp.
Scott TobiasHOST
Russell Crowe stars as the warden who makes a tempting offer.
speaker_0HOST
The Wait stars Ethan Hawke as an imprisoned widower given the chance at release if he agrees to smuggle some gold across a dangerous wilderness.
speaker_0HOST
Ruth, the wonderful Ethan Hawke, front and centre here is Samuel Murphy.
speaker_0HOST
What is his problem and how is he going to get out of it?
Ruth BartonGUEST
Yeah, he's a very caring father.
GregHOST
It is now playing in theaters and is a mild see-it.
GregHOST
The Wait stars Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke as Samuel Murphy, a widowed man in 1933 Oregon, who is struggling to keep a roof over the head of his young daughter Penny, played by Abby Berry.
GregHOST
After an eviction leads to a desperate scuffle with undercover officers, Samuel is unjustly sent to a harsh prison labor camp, leaving Penny behind in a church home with a desperate timeline before she becomes a permanent ward of the state.
GregHOST
Samuel's knack for problem-solving catches the eye of the camp's warden, Clancy, played by Oscar winner Russell Crowe, who recruits Samuel to illegally help haul heavy bars of gold through 100 miles of treacherous Pacific Northwest wilderness.
Jamie GrahamHOST
Definitely.
Jamie GrahamHOST
Now, I know you've worked with Ethan before on Good Lord Bird, which you edited, but what was it about Mr. Hawke where you just knew he was your Samuel Murphy, your lead role in this film?
Padraic McKinleyGUEST
film?Well, i- i- it's, it's a great question because the first time I met Ethan, uh, I, I, I'd come into Good Lord Bird late, and they sort of wanted to reinvent where they'd been at that point, as far as the, the s- stuff they'd seen and that.
Padraic McKinleyGUEST
So I'd flown back to, um, Richmond, Virginia, to shoot some second unit, and I didn't know what the politics on the set were, so I'd sort of...