Ryan O'Neal teams up with his daughter, Tatum in this very bright, very warm, and very funny period film. Ryan O'Neal plays the smooth-talking con man Moses Pray, driving through depression-era Kansas with a carload of deluxe bibles, a gold tooth behind a convincing smile, and a list of newly widowed prospects for his line. Addie (Tatum O'Neal) is a cigarette-smoking, nine-year-old orphan who hooks up with Moses and manages to show the master con man a trick or two. Madeline Kahn gives a funny, neurotic performance as Trixie Delight, who goes along for the ride until Addie determines that Trixie might come between Addie and Moses- which, obviously, cannot happen.

• 1 hr 43 min
• Directed by

  Peter Bogdanovich
• Written by Alvin Sargent

• Starring

  Ryan O'neal

  ,

  Tatum O'neal

  ,

  Madeline Kahn

  ,

  John Hillerman

  ,

  P.J. Johnson

  ,

  Randy Quaid

  ,

  Noble Willingham

  ,

  Ed Reed

  ,

  Bob Young

  ,

  Liza Ross

  ,

  Art Ellison

  ,

  Jessie Lee Fulton

  ,

  Burton Gilliam

  ,

  Hugh Gillin