Paper Moon

As P.T. Barnum put it, "There's a sucker born every minute."
Paper Moon (1973)
Timing: 1:42 (102 min)

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$2 500 000
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$30 900 000
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Verna Fields
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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

  • Paul Newman and his daughter Nell Potts were originally supposed to play the leading roles.
  • The cigarettes smoked by Tatum O'Neal's character in the film were not made of tobacco, but of lettuce.
  • Thanks to this film, Tatum O'Neal became the youngest person in history to win an Academy Award.
  • A film adaptation of Joe David Brown's novel "Eddie Pray."
  • A film adaptation of Joe David Brown's novel "Eddie Pray".

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