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📅 1973 ⏱ 1h 42min PG Released FHD / 4K

Paper Moon

"As P.T. Barnum put it, "There's a sucker born every minute.""

ComedyCrimeDrama

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.

🎬 DirectorPeter Bogdanovich

📅 Release1973-05-09

🌍 CountryUnited States of America

🗣 LanguageEnglish

🏢 StudioThe Directors Company, Saticoy Productions, Paramount Pictures

🗳 Votes802

🔥 Popularity2

💰 Budget$2,500,000

💵 Revenue$30,900,000

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🎭 Cast

Tatum O'Neal

Addie Loggins

Ryan O'Neal

Moses Pray

Madeline Kahn

Trixie Delight

John Hillerman

Deputy Hardin / Jess Hardin

Jessie Lee Fulton

Miss Ollie

Noble Willingham

Mr. Robertson

Randy Quaid

Leroy

P.J. Johnson

Imogene

James N. Harrell

The Minister

Burton Gilliam

Floyd (Desk Clerk)

Hugh Gillin

2nd Deputy

Desmond Dhooge

Cotton Candy Man

Art Ellison

Silver Mine Gentleman

Lila Waters

The Minister's Wife

Bob Young

Gas Station Attendant

🎥 Crew

DirectorPeter Bogdanovich

ScreenplayAlvin Sargent

ProducerPeter Bogdanovich

NovelJoe David Brown

Director of PhotographyLászló Kovács

EditorVerna Fields

Casting DirectorGary Chason

Makeup ArtistRolf Miller

Property MasterMark Wade

Set DecorationJohn P. Austin

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🏷 Keywords

friendshipfuneralmissouribiblecon mancarnivalgreat depressionauntroad tripkansas, usablack and whitecon

💬 Reviews

John Chard⭐ 9/10

Utterly delightful. Father and daughter Ryan and Tatum O'Neal, under Peter Bogdanovich's superlative direction, produce one of the most affectingly warm and cunningly sly movies of the 1970s. Set in depression era America and beautifully photographed in pristine monochrome by Laszlo Kovacs, it's a period piece that refuses to get old, such is the deft imagery and sharpness of the screenplay. …

Wuchak⭐ 7/10

***Ryan O’Neal and his kid daughter Tatum in 1930’s Kansas*** In Depression-era Kansas, a conman who sells Bibles (Ryan O’Neal) is coerced into allowing a precocious 9 year-old (Tatum O’Neal) to ride with him as they travel to St. Joseph, Missouri, where her aunt lives. Madeline Kahn plays a carnival “dancer” with P.J. Johnson as her teen aide. John Hillerman appears in a double rol…