Paper Moon

Paper Moon

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

1973102 min7.9 / 10

A charming, picaresque road-movie comedy about a con man and a sharp young girl learning to trust each other amid Depression-era swindles, shot in black and white with ironic warmth.

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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