Directed by:
James BridgesScreenplay:
James BridgesCinematography:
Gordon WillisComposer:
John WilliamsCast:
Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman, Graham Beckel, James Naughton, Edward Herrmann, Lenny Baker, Blair Brown, Ronald Mlodzik, Peter Foldy (more)Plots(1)
Timothy Bottoms stars in this powerful, moving story of a first-year Harvard Law School student who comes to terms with his dreams in America’s most competitive school. Serious and hard-working, Hart (Bottoms) finds he must survive much more than the pressures, all-night cramming, and insecurities he expected. He becomes the fearful adversary of Knightsfield, the school’s most imperious, witheringly sarcastic yet brilliant professor (John Houseman in an Oscar® winning). Terrorising some, inspiring others, the professor easily separates the men from the boys by the time the term is over. Hart’s personal relationship with Knightsfield grows more complex when he discovers the girl he’s fallen in love with is the professor’s daughter (Lindsay Wagner). (Signal One Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Timothy Bottoms
USA
Best movies:
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 (2006) (video compilation)
The Gift of Love (1978) (TV movie)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Lindsay Wagner
USA
Best movies:
The Paper Chase (1973)
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Young Again (1986) (TV movie)
John Houseman
Romania
Best movies:
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Three Days of the Condor (1975)
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Graham Beckel
USA
Best movies:
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Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
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James Naughton
USA
Best movies:
The Glass Menagerie (1987)
The Bunker (1981) (TV movie)
The Paper Chase (1973)
Edward Herrmann
USA
Best movies:
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
James Dean (2001) (TV movie)
A Foreign Field (1993)
Lenny Baker
USA
Best movies:
The Paper Chase (1973)
The Hospital (1971)
Malatesta's Carnival of Blood (1973)
Blair Brown
USA
Best movies:
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The Paper Chase (1973)
Griffin & Phoenix (2006)
Ronald Mlodzik
Best movies:
The Paper Chase (1973)
Shivers (1975)
Rabid (1977)
Peter Foldy
Best movies:
The Paper Chase (1973)
The Last Detail (1973)
David Clennon
USA
Best movies:
The Thing (1982)
Gone Girl (2014)
Being There (1979)
Craig Richard Nelson
USA
Best movies:
The Paper Chase (1973)
A Wedding (1978)
3 Women (1977)
Regina Baff
USA
Best movies:
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
The Paper Chase (1973)
The Great Gatsby (1974)
Ilene Graff
USA
Best movies:
The Paper Chase (1973)
Loving Annabelle (2006)
Ladybugs (1992)
Dora Dainton
Best movies:
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987) (TV movie)
The Paper Chase (1973)
Deadly Eyes (1982)