Story Line
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.
“As P.T. Barnum put it, "There's a sucker born every minute."”
Top Cast
Tatum O'Neal
Addie Loggins
Ryan O'Neal
Moses Pray
Madeline Kahn
Trixie Delight
John Hillerman
Deputy Hardin / Jess Hardin
Jessie Lee Fulton
Miss Ollie
Noble Willingham
Mr. Robertson
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Rating
7.9/ 10
Release Date
1973-05-09
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
ComedyCrimeDrama
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User Reviews (2)
John Chard
9/10
•1/27/2016Utterly delightful.
Father and daughter Ryan and Tatum O'Neal, under Peter Bogdanovich's superlative direction, produce one of the most affectingly warm and cunningly sly movies of the 1970s. Set in depression era America and beautifully photograp...
Wuchak
7/10
•5/22/2019***Ryan O’Neal and his kid daughter Tatum in 1930’s Kansas***
In Depression-era Kansas, a conman who sells Bibles (Ryan O’Neal) is coerced into allowing a precocious 9 year-old (Tatum O’Neal) to ride with him as they travel to St. Joseph, Missouri...