Paper Lion
"The Paper Lion is about to get creamed!"
Sportswriter George Plimpton poses as a rookie quarterback for the Detroit Lions for a "Sports Illustrated" article.
Alan Alda
George Plimpton
Lauren Hutton
Kate
Joe Schmidt
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Alex Karras
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John Gordy
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Mike Lucci
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Pat Studstill
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Bill McPeak
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Jim Martin
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Jim David
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Chuck Knox
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John North
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Carl Brettschneider
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Roger Brown
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Lem Barney
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Lou Garney
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Mike Weger
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Karl Sweetan
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Ron Kramer
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Charles Bradshaw
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Tom Vaughn
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Bill Malinchak
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Roger Shoals
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Jerry Rush
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Friday Macklam
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Kent Falb
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Richard Lane
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Richard Thompson
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Ernest R. Clark
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Mel Farr
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Nick Eddy
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John McCambridge
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Bill Cottrell
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Denis Moore
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Darris McCord
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Jerry Zawadzkas
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John Henderson
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Milt Plum
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Tom Watkins
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Amos Marsh
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Mickey Walker
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Rip Collins
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Chuck Walton
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Garo Yepremian
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Wayne Rasmussen
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Bruce Maher
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David Kopay
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Ron Goovert
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Jim Gibbons
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Ed Flanagan
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Ed Flanagan
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Larry Hand
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Frank Gallagher
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Bob Kowalkowski
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Paul Naumoff
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Randy Winkler
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Vincent Lombardi
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John Robinson
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Frank Gifford
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Fred J. Scollay
Man
David Doyle
Oscar
Sugar Ray Robinson
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Ann Turkel
Susan
Mike Bersell
Boy (uncredited)
Ernie Harwell
Baseball Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Roy Scheider
Man (uncredited)
Alex March
Director
Nicholas Masci
Associate Producer
George Plimpton
Story
Roger Kellaway
Original Music Composer
Stuart Millar
Producer
George Plimpton
Book
Lawrence Roman
Writer
Peter Garbarini
Director of Photography
Sidney Katz
Editor
Morris Hartzband
Director of Photography
Louis San Andres
Editor
John Carter
Editor