Being There

A story of chance.

  • Rated 7.6 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1979
  • 2h 10m
  • Comedy
  • Drama

A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.

Director
Hal Ashby
Starring
Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden

Cast

  • Peter Sellers

    Peter Sellers

    Chance

  • Shirley MacLaine

    Shirley MacLaine

    Eve Rand

  • Melvyn Douglas

    Melvyn Douglas

    Benjamin Rand

  • Jack Warden

    Jack Warden

    President 'Bobby'

  • Richard Dysart

    Richard Dysart

    Dr. Robert Allenby

  • Richard Basehart

    Richard Basehart

    Vladimir Skrapinov

  • Ruth Attaway

    Ruth Attaway

    Louise

  • David Clennon

    David Clennon

    Thomas Franklin

  • Fran Brill

    Fran Brill

    Sally Hayes

  • Denise DuBarry

    Johanna Franklin

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