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1973 • 1h 42min • PG • Comedy, Crime, Drama

Paper Moon

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

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.

IMDb 8.1

RT 93%

MC 77

Director

Peter Bogdanovich

Writers

Joe David Brown

Alvin Sargent

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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

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James N. Harrell The Minister

Burton Gilliam Floyd (Desk Clerk)

Hugh Gillin 2nd Deputy

Desmond Dhooge Cotton Candy Man

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Lila Waters The Minister's Wife

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