Paper Moon poster
Screenplay Alvin Sargent
Director Peter Bogdanovich

Paper Moon

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

Release Date: 1973-05-09

Duration: 102 minutes

Synopsis

A bible salesman finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership as a money-making con team in Depression-era Kansas.

Casting

  • Madeline Kahn
    Trixie Delight
  • Randy Quaid
    Leroy
  • John Hillerman
    Deputy Hardin / Jess Hardin
  • Tatum O'Neal
    Addie Loggins
  • Ryan O'Neal
    Moses Pray
  • Noble Willingham
    Mr. Robertson
  • Burton Gilliam
    Floyd (Desk Clerk)
  • Hugh Gillin
    2nd Deputy
  • James N. Harrell
    The Minister
  • Jessie Lee Fulton
    Miss Ollie