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Being There (1979)

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Synopsis

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.

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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
Denise DuBarry

Johanna Franklin

Alice Hirson
Alice Hirson

First Lady

Jerome Hellman
Jerome Hellman

Gary Burns

John Harkins
John Harkins

Sidney Courtney

James Noble
James Noble

Kaufman

Mitch Kreindel
Mitch Kreindel

Dennis Watson

Oteil Burbridge
Oteil Burbridge

Lolo

Richard Venture
Richard Venture

Wilson

Sam Weisman
Sam Weisman

Colson

Elya Baskin
Elya Baskin

Karpatov

Hal Ashby
Hal Ashby

Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)

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