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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: 7.7 / 10
- favorite Likes: 1010 Likes
- 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

Elya Baskin
Karpatov

Hal Ashby
Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)

Kenneth Patterson
Perkins

Stanley Grover
Baldwin
groups Crew

Robert C. Jones
Screenplay

Charles Mulvehill
Producer

Johnny Mandel
Original Music Composer

Jerzy Kosiński
Screenplay

Jack Schwartzman
Executive Producer

Hal Ashby
Director

Jerzy Kosiński
Novel

Don Zimmerman
Editor

Caleb Deschanel
Director of Photography

Andrew Braunsberg
Producer

Michael D. Haller
Production Design

Lynn Stalmaster
Casting

Charles Mulvehill
Associate Producer

Jeff Wexler
Sound Mixer

May Routh
Costume Design

Frank Westmore
Makeup Artist

Frank E. Warner
Supervising Sound Effects Editor

Charles H. Schram
Makeup Artist

Donald O. Mitchell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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