Paper Lion Movie Review 1968

A comedy "documentary" about bestselling writer George Plimpton's tryout game as quarterback with the Detroit Lions. Film debut of Alan Alda. Helped Karras make the transition from the gridiron to the silver screen. Moves into field goal range but doesn't quite score.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 107 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Detroit, Football, Front Page, Sports Comedies

Cast

Alan Alda, Lauren Hutton, Alex Karras, Ann Turkel, John Gordy, Roger Brown, "Sugar Ray" Robinson, Roy Scheider, David Doyle

Director

Alex March

Producer

Wood Knapp Video