Paper Lion (1968)
With Alan Alda, Lauren Hutton, Ann Turkel, David Doyle, Joe Schmidt, Alex Karras, Sugar Ray Robinson, Frank Gifford
Directed by Alex March
Paper Lion is a 1968 sports comedy film starring Alan Alda as writer George Plimpton, based on Plimpton's 1966 nonfiction book of the same name depicting his tryout with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. The film premiered in Detroit on October 2, 1968, and was released nationwide the week of October 14, 1968.
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