PAPER MOON (1973)

Based on Joe David Brown's novel, "Addie Pray" (1971), "Paper Moon" is a tale of Moses Pray and Addie Loggins.  Set during the American depression in the Midwest, when the young Addie attends her mother's funeral, she soon discovers herself taken in by her Aunt in St. Joseph, Missouri.  Meanwhile, Kansas Bible Company rep Moses Pray enters the picture as a local scam artist appearing under the guise of a "traveling preacher."  Quickly, however, Addie teams up with the con artist, and together, the two travel from town to town, copping cons and rolling in the doe as a father-daughter scam artist duo.  But when a carnival dancer by the name of "Miss Trixie Delight," and her minion, Imogene, enter the picture, things start to get a whole lot more interesting for Moses and Addie and their wildly reckless
adventures.  

The top drawer cast includes: Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O' Neal, Madeline Kahn, John Hillerman, P.J. Johnson, Burton Gilliam, and Randy Quaid.

Tatum won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her "Paper Moon" performance.

Director Peter Bogdanovich's PAPER MOON is a nearly perfect movie entertainment.

The Paper Moon Review

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