Paper Moon

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

PG 1973 · 1h 42m · Drama, Comedy, Crime
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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.

Theatrical
May 9, 1973
Box Office
$30.9M
Budget
$2.5M
Return
12.4x
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 12, 2003
Director
Peter Bogdanovich
Writer
Alvin Sargent
Producers
Peter Bogdanovich, Frank Marshall, Francis Ford Coppola
Studio
The Directors Company, Saticoy Productions, Paramount Pictures
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The Nature of Human Exploitation
Taglines As P. T. Barnum put it, "There's a sucker born every minute.
Conflict Over Hotel Clerk's Fate
Imogene Your Daddy's gonna kill that hotel clerk.
Addie Loggins Mose wouldn't do that!
A Disagreement on Readiness and Action
Moses Pray Come on, we're ready. Come on, now.
Addie Loggins I ain't ready.
Moses Pray Well, you don't look real busy with nothing, so you just come on down.
Addie Loggins I ain't coming.
Moses Pray Now you listen here, child.
Addie Loggins No, I won't listen here.
Moses Pray What the heck's up with you, then?
Addie Loggins I wanna sit in front. And how come we ain't working no more?
Planning Pit Stops for a Baby's Needs
Trixie Delight I just don't understand it, Daddy, but this little baby has got to go winky tinky all the time.
Moses Pray Well, don't you worry none. We'll just plan on stoppin here for dinner.
Addie Loggins But we just stopped for her to winky tink at lunch!
[furious]
Moses Pray That's right and now we're stoppin for dinner. Come on!
Addie Loggins I ain't hungry!

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