Paper Moon is a 1973 American road comedy-drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and released by Paramount Pictures. Screenwriter Alvin Sargent adapted the script from the 1971 novel Addie Pray by Joe David Brown. The film, shot in black-and-white, is set in Kansas and Missouri during the Great Depression.

Paper Moon: Directed by Peter Bogdanovich. With Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, John Hillerman. 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.

Paper Moon (1973) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Peter Bogdanovich ’s “Paper Moon” somehow manages to make these two approaches into one, so that a genre movie about a con man and a little girl is teamed up with the real poverty and desperation of Kansas and Missouri, circa 1936.

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. Set in the midwest of the depression-era, Paper Moon follows Moses Pray and Addie Loggins - one a con artist, the other, the young girl who's the daughter of a woman who's just passed away.

Find out how and where to watch "Paper Moon" online on Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+ today – including 4K and free options.

When a 1930s con man is approached by a young girl claiming to be his daughter, he takes her on the road with him. As they spend more time together, the girl picks up on his tricks and schemes, ultimately out-cunning the old pro himself.

During the Great Depression, a con man agrees to take an orphaned girl to a relative. An unlikely friendship ensues when she helps him with his scams.

Ryan O'Neal plays the smooth-talking con man Moses Pray, driving through depression-era Kansas with a carload of deluxe bibles, a gold tooth behind a...