Movie
The Paper Chase
Overview
A first-year law student struggles with balancing his coursework and his relationship with the daughter of a stern professor.
Details
- Release date
- 1973-10-16
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Thompson-Paul Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Timothy Bottoms as James T. Hart
- Lindsay Wagner as Susan Fields
- John Houseman as Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
- Graham Beckel as Franklin Ford III
- James Naughton as Kevin Brooks
- Edward Herrmann as Thomas Craig Anderson
- Craig Richard Nelson as Willis Bell
- Robert Lydiard as O'Connor
- Lenny Baker as William Moss
- David Clennon as Toombs
- Regina Baff as Asheley Brooks
- Irma Hurley as Mrs. Weasal
Crew
- James Bridges - Director
- James Bridges - Screenplay
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