Paper Moon

Paper Moon
7.9

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Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich

Overview

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.

Reviews (2)

  • John Chard (Rated: 9)

    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 ...

  • Wuchak (Rated: 7)

    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 carn...

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