A Bible salesman (Ryan O’Neal) finds himself unexpectedly accompanied on a journey through 1930s Kansas by a young girl (Tatum O'Neal), who he is pressured into taking with him to St. Joseph, Missouri, where her aunt resides. Madeline Kahn portrays a carnival performer, assisted by a teenage boy played by P.J. Johnson. John Hillerman takes on two roles: as both a bootlegger and a police officer. "Paper Moon," rele…

A truly wonderful film. Ryan and Tatum O'Neal, working with Peter Bogdanovich’s exceptional direction, created one of the most moving and cleverly subtle movies to come from the nineteen seventies. Taking place in America during the Depression and filmed beautifully in stark black and white by Laszlo Kovacs, it remains fresh and engaging thanks to its skillful visuals and a sharp script. The plot centers on con…