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Paper Moon

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

7.9(884)19731h 42m5

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$2.5M
Box office
$30.9M
Language
English
  • friendship
  • funeral
  • missouri
  • bible
  • con man
  • carnival
  • great depression
  • aunt
  • road trip
  • kansas, usa
  • black and white
  • con

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremierePGHollywood, California9 Apr 1973
    • PremierePGNew York City, New York29 Apr 1973
    • TheatricalPG9 May 1973
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical30 Nov 1973
    • PhysicalPGDVD25 May 2015
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical10 Jan 1974
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical14IMDB1 Jul 1973
    • Physical14Videolar mj.gov.br1 Oct 2003
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical7 Feb 1974
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical1 Feb 1974
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical13 Dec 1973
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1220 Dec 1973
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalPG29 Mar 1974
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical31 Oct 1973
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG9 Mar 1974
  • NetherlandsNL

    • TheatricalAL13 Dec 1973
    • PhysicalALDVD9 Oct 2003

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Paper Moon was released on 9 May 1973.

Audience reviews

2
  • J

    John Chard

    1/27/2016

    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. Story essentially c…

  • W

    Wuchak

    5/22/2019

    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 role as a bootlegger and police off…

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