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Being There (1979)

Dec 19, 1979 · 2h 10m

7.6/10 TMDB user score
1,179 votes on TMDB

A story of chance.

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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Top 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
  • 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

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