The Paper Chase

The Paper Chase
Directed by	James Bridges
Produced by	Rodrick Paul Robert C. Thompson
Written by	James Bridges
Starring	Timothy Bottoms Lindsay Wagner John Houseman
Music by	John Williams
Cinematography	Gordon Willis
Editing by	Walter Thompson
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	October 16, 1973 (1973-10-16)
Running time	111 minutes
Country
Language	English
Rating
Box office	$3.6 million (rentals)

The Paper Chase is a 1973 film directed and written by James Bridges, starring Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner and John Houseman. The film is based on the 1971 novel of the same name.

Plot

As a first-year law student at Harvard, James Hart (Timothy Bottoms) knows he's got his work cut out for him. But things get harder than he anticipated when he runs afoul of the school's dreaded contracts professor, Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. (John Houseman). Wry and imposing, Kingsfield drives many of the lesser students to drop out, but James endures and, as if begging for more trouble, begins dating the professor's daughter, Susan (Lindsay Wagner).

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
• Bob Lydiard as O'Connor
• Lenny Baker as William Moss, Tutor
• David Clennon as Toombs
• Regina Baff as Asheley Brooks
• Blair Brown as Miss Farranti