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Quick Info

Rating

7.9/10

Release1973

Runtime1h 42m

StatusReleased

Budget$2,500,000

Revenue$30,900,000

Production

The Directors Company

Saticoy Productions

Paramount Pictures

Movie

Paper Moon

1973

1h 42m

7.9

Comedy

Crime

Drama

Synopsis

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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