Paper Moon
The adventures of Moses Pray, a con artist selling bibles to credulous widows, and Addie Loggins, a young girl, as they travel the roads of America during the time of the Great Depression in the 1930s.
- 1974-1975
- 1 season
- ABC
- Comedy
The adventures of Moses Pray, a con artist selling bibles to credulous widows, and Addie Loggins, a young girl, as they travel the roads of America during the time of the Great Depression in the 1930s.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1974
Episode 1
Settling
Thu, Sep 12, 1974 30 mins
Addie wants to stay put in one place and persuades Moze to buy a house. But to get it Moze needs to conduct a scam that will get them $1,000 and allow them to settle down.
Episode 2
Second Prize
Thu, Sep 19, 1974
Needing money to repair the car, Moze has the idea of entering Addie in a Shirley Temple lookalike competition. But she must win second prize.
Episode 3
Imposter
Thu, Sep 26, 1974
Addie pretends to be the lost granddaughter of a elderly eccentric. When Moze enters the picture to grift some money from the old man the two find they may have met their match.
Episode 4
Manly Arts
Thu, Oct 3, 1974
After Moses brags about his skills as a boxer Addie enters him into a fight with a brute of a man. Without a way to back out Moses tries to develop some pugilistic ability.
Episode 5
Birthday
Thu, Oct 10, 1974
For Addie's 10th birthday, Moze pulls out all the stops for her to speak by phone with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Episode 6
Long Division
Thu, Oct 17, 1974 30 mins
Addie and Moze meet a smooth, well-educated drifter who offers to teach Addie long division if Moze will teach him some con tricks, but this soon creates tension between them.
Episode 7
Gimme That Old Time Relation
Thu, Oct 24, 1974
Moze and Addie join up with two sister who run their own tent revivals. But Moze hasn't found religion instead it's the collection plates full of cash that has his full attention.
Episode 8
Harvest
Thu, Oct 31, 1974
Moses is is unwillingly talked into working as an advance man for a harvesting crew. Told to tell tne farmers that tomorrow is the start date Moses soon fins himself with some angry customers.
Episode 9
Bonnie and Clyde
Thu, Nov 7, 1974
Notorious bandits Bonnie and Clyde need an advance man and they contact Moze to do the job. Addie thinks it is a terrible idea and does everything in her power to steer Moze away from helping the outlaws.
Episode 10
Visions of Las Vegas
Thu, Nov 21, 1974
Moses and Addie attend the funeral of Harry, the man who taughts Moses all of his confidence games. Problem is his "death" was another scam and Harry has one more big score planned.
Episode 11
Who Is M.P. Sellers
Thu, Nov 28, 1974
Moses and Addie arrive in Ophelia, Addie's birthplace and she has a plan. She is determined to learn the identity of her father, asking anyone who might know something and refuses to leave town until she gets answers.
Episode 12
Green Goods
Thu, Dec 12, 1974
Moses happens onto a bonanza when the he presents a bible to the widow of a bootlegger. She pays the grifter in gold certificates and Moses tries to increase his good fortune.
Episode 13
Day Off
Thu, Dec 19, 1974
Left at a loose end when Moze goes away on business, Addie begins to question her life and meets a charismatic teacher at the local schoolhouse.