Paper Moon is an American motion picture comedy that was released in 1973 and was directed by Peter Bogdanovich.

The screenplay was adapted from the novel Addie Pray by Joe David Brown, and the film was shot in black-and-white.

The film is set during the Great Depression in the U.S. state of Kansas and it starred the real life father and daughter pairing of Ryan and Tatum O'Neal, as on-screen father and daughter Moses and Addie.

In September 1974, a television series called Paper Moon, based on the film, premiered on the ABC television network. The television version of Paper Moon starred Jodie Foster as Addie and Christopher Connelly (who had played Ryan O'Neal's brother in the TV series Peyton Place) as Moses Pray. However, it was not a ratings success and it went off the air a few months after it debuted, in January 1975.

A sweet and subtle gem of a movie. Newly orphaned Addie (Tatum O'Neal) falls into the care of small-time con artist Moses Pray (Ryan O'Neal, Tatum's real-life father) and turns out to be better at grifting than he is. Set in Depression-era Kansas,Paper Moonis a miracle of unity. The set design and cinematography combine to give both the flavor of documentary photos and the visual quality of movies from the period, and every performance meshes with the overall tone of sincerity, earnest optimism, and creeping desperation. The rapport between Addie and Moses is phenomenal--and being father and daughter doesn't make that a ...

Cast: Randy Quaid, Tatum O'Neal, James Harrell, Liz Ross, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Ryan O'Neal, Art Ellison, Burton Gilliam, John Hillerman, P.J. Johnson, Ed Reed, Jack Saunders, Lila Water, Jody Wilbur, Noble Willingham, Bob Young, Desmond Dhooge, Jessie Lee Fulton, Hugh Gillin, Yvonne Harrison

Director: Peter Bogdanovich

Genre: Comedy

Release Date: May 9, 1973

MPAA Rating: PG

DVD Release Date: August 12, 2003

Runtime: 1hr 45min

Studio: Paramount Pictures