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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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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1979-12-19
- video_camera_front Companies United Artists, Lorimar Film Entertainment, BSB, CIP, NatWest Ventures, New Gold Entertainment, Northstar Media
- timer Runtime: 130 Mins
- star Rating: 7.6 / 10
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- info IMDB ID tt0078841
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Peter Sellers
Chance
Shirley MacLaine
Eve Rand
Melvyn Douglas
Benjamin Rand
Jack Warden
President 'Bobby'
Richard Dysart
Dr. Robert Allenby
Richard Basehart
Vladimir Skrapinov
Ruth Attaway
Louise
David Clennon
Thomas Franklin
Fran Brill
Sally Hayes
Denise DuBarry
Johanna Franklin
Alice Hirson
First Lady
Jerome Hellman
Gary Burns
John Harkins
Sidney Courtney
James Noble
Kaufman
Mitch Kreindel
Dennis Watson
Oteil Burbridge
Lolo
Richard Venture
Wilson
Sam Weisman
Colson
Elya Baskin
Karpatov
Hal Ashby
Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)
groups Crew
Jack Schwartzman
Executive Producer
Hal Ashby
Director
Jerzy Kosiński
Novel
Johnny Mandel
Original Music Composer
Caleb Deschanel
Director of Photography
Jerzy Kosiński
Screenplay
Robert C. Jones
Screenplay
Andrew Braunsberg
Producer
Don Zimmerman
Editor
Charles Mulvehill
Producer
Charles Mulvehill
Associate Producer
May Routh
Costume Design
Michael D. Haller
Production Design
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Jeff Wexler
Sound Mixer
Frank Westmore
Makeup Artist
Charles H. Schram
Makeup Artist
Donald O. Mitchell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Frank E. Warner
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
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