Being There

IMDb 7.6 1979 • 130 min • ComedyDrama

Director

Hal Ashby

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

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