Paper Man

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Paper Man

5.9 | 1h15m | en | Drama

A prank that starts with a group of college students creating a fictitious person so they can get a credit card develops into a plot that leaves three of them dead.

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Released: November. 12,1971 | Released Producted By: CBS , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

Synopsis

A prank that starts with a group of college students creating a fictitious person so they can get a credit card develops into a plot that leaves three of them dead.

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Cast

Dean Stockwell , Stefanie Powers , James Stacy

Director

Jack Martin Smith

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Reviews

udar55 Four college students (including Stefanie Powers) decide to go on a spending spree when one of them mistakenly receives a credit card for one "Henry Norman" in the mail. When the bank starts to get suspicious and requests "Henry" fill out a background questionnaire (hey, it was the early 70s), the group recruits computer whiz Avery (Dean Stockwell) to create a "real" history for the man in the computer. However, it appears Henry Norman is quite real himself and is angry his credit rating is being ruined so he starts offing the kids via the computer. Engaging TV movie that seems to have been ahead of its time when it comes to computers. Unfortunately, there are two problems. One, the kids are totally unsympathetic and annoying; two, the mystery is pretty dang obvious when you have the five kids whittled down to two and there is only one other character in the story. Still, a fun little computer gone wild flick to enjoy with its big brother COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT (1970).

kundk I saw this on TV when I was 8; it was incredibly scary then. Saw it years later and marveled at the prescient use of computers and identity theft mixed with s.f. horror that could have appeared in "Ring." And there would be no "Videodrome" without it.

bernie-50 I have found a reseller and the place where he got this film. The name was on the box but it took a little time to track down the web site. It is not the best copy but if yours is like mine was, the tape finally started to deteriorate. It is interesting to see the actors as they were in this movie the girl that teaches the computer to say breath (death) is in the movie "Three Days of the Condor" I would tell you more about the baddy(s) but you may not have seen the movie.

Denise Steffanus I saw this movie while I was employed at a university computer center. It so spooked me that I refused to be alone there at night. Nearly 30 years later, bits of the movie still creep into my daily cyberlife. Imagine all the computer-controlled devices in your life bent on killing you. Makes you think twice before punching your computer again!