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Being There

PG

1979

130 minutes

ComedyDrama

Overview

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 headshot

Peter Sellers

Chance

Shirley MacLaine headshot

Shirley MacLaine

Eve Rand

Melvyn Douglas headshot

Melvyn Douglas

Benjamin Rand

Jack Warden headshot

Jack Warden

President 'Bobby'

Richard Dysart headshot

Richard Dysart

Dr. Robert Allenby

Richard Basehart headshot

Richard Basehart

Vladimir Skrapinov

Ruth Attaway headshot

Ruth Attaway

Louise

David Clennon headshot

David Clennon

Thomas Franklin

Fran Brill headshot

Fran Brill

Sally Hayes

Denise DuBarry headshot

Denise DuBarry

Johanna Franklin

Alice Hirson headshot

Alice Hirson

First Lady

Jerome Hellman headshot

Jerome Hellman

Gary Burns

John Harkins headshot

John Harkins

Sidney Courtney

James Noble headshot

James Noble

Kaufman

Mitch Kreindel headshot

Mitch Kreindel

Dennis Watson

Oteil Burbridge headshot

Oteil Burbridge

Lolo

Richard Venture headshot

Richard Venture

Wilson

Sam Weisman headshot

Sam Weisman

Colson

Ilya Baskin headshot

Ilya Baskin

Karpatov

Hal Ashby headshot

Hal Ashby

Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)

Kenneth Patterson headshot

Kenneth Patterson

Perkins

Stanley Grover headshot

Stanley Grover

Baldwin