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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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smart_display Cast
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
Ilya Baskin
Karpatov
Hal Ashby
Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)
Kenneth Patterson
Perkins
Stanley Grover
Baldwin
groups Crew
Hal Ashby
Director
Jerzy Kosiński
Screenplay
Jerzy Kosiński
Novel
Robert C. Jones
Screenplay
Andrew Braunsberg
Producer
Charles Mulvehill
Producer
Jack Schwartzman
Executive Producer
Johnny Mandel
Original Music Composer
Caleb Deschanel
Director of Photography
Don Zimmerman
Editor
Michael D. Haller
Production Design
Charles Mulvehill
Associate Producer
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Jeff Wexler
Sound Mixer
Charles H. Schram
Makeup Artist
Frank Westmore
Makeup Artist
Donald O. Mitchell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Frank E. Warner
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Gary H. Holt
Gaffer
David Hamburger
First Assistant Director
Toby Lovallo
Second Assistant Director
Pablo Ferro
Title Designer
Nick McLean
Camera Operator
May Routh
Costume Designer
Robert R. Benton
Set Decoration
James L. Schoppe
Art Direction
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