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Paper Moon
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.
1973 · Directed by Peter Bogdanovich · 102 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama · 36 frames
Tagline
As P.T. Barnum put it, "There's a sucker born every minute."
Crew
- Screenplay: Alvin Sargent
- Cinematography: László Kovács
- Edited by: Verna Fields
- Production design: Polly Platt
- Produced by: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast
- Tatum O'Neal as Addie Loggins
- Ryan O'Neal as Moses Pray
- Madeline Kahn as Trixie Delight
- John Hillerman as Deputy Hardin / Jess Hardin
- Jessie Lee Fulton as Miss Ollie
- Noble Willingham as Mr. Robertson
- Randy Quaid as Leroy
- P.J. Johnson as Imogene
- James N. Harrell as The Minister
- Burton Gilliam as Floyd (Desk Clerk)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: The Directors Company, Saticoy Productions, Paramount Pictures
- Budget: $2,500,000
- Box office: $30,900,000
- Themes: friendship, funeral, missouri, bible, con man, carnival, great depression, aunt, road trip, kansas, usa
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