Being There

Hal Ashby
1979-12-19

Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!
7.6
130 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Peter Sellers Chance Unowned
Shirley MacLaine Eve Rand Unowned
Melvyn Douglas Benjamin Rand Unowned
Jack Warden President 'Bobby' Unowned
Richard Dysart Dr. Robert Allenby Unowned
Richard Basehart Vladimir Skrapinov Unowned
Ruth Attaway Louise Unowned
David Clennon Thomas Franklin Unowned
Fran Brill Sally Hayes Unowned
Denise DuBarry Johanna Franklin Unowned
Alice Hirson First Lady Unowned
Jerome Hellman Gary Burns Unowned
John Harkins Sidney Courtney Unowned
James Noble Kaufman Unowned
Mitch Kreindel Dennis Watson Unowned
Oteil Burbridge Lolo Unowned
Richard Venture Wilson Unowned
Sam Weisman Colson Unowned
Elya Baskin Karpatov Unowned
Hal Ashby Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited) Unowned