---
title: 'Paper Lion (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alex March'
released: '1968-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/paper-lion-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063410/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Paper Lion (1968)

1968 · 105 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alex March](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-march)
- **Screenplay:** [Lawrence Roman](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-roman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roger Kellaway](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-kellaway)
- **Producer:** [Stuart Millar](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-millar)

## Cast

- [Vince Lombardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/vince-lombardi)
- [Joe Schmidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-schmidt)
- [Frank Gifford](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-gifford)
- [Sugar Ray Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/sugar-ray-robinson)
- [Alan Alda](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-alda) as George Plimpton
- [Roy Scheider](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-scheider)
- [Ann Turkel](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-turkel)
- [Lauren Hutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/lauren-hutton)
- [David Doyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-doyle)
- [Alex Karras](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-karras)

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