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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.
Theatrical
Dec 19, 1979
Box Office
$30.2M
DVD / Blu-ray
Apr 3, 2001
Theaters
2
Director
Hal Ashby
Writer
Jerzy Kosiński
Producers
Jack Schwartzman, Andrew Braunsberg, Charles Mulvehill
Music
Johnny Mandel
Studio
Northstar Media, Lorimar Motion Pictures
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Quotes
See all →The Nature of Chance in Life
Taglines
A story of chance.
Life as a Reflection of Thought
Taglines
Life is a state of mind.
The Journey and the Destination
Taglines
Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!
Reflections on Presence and Existence
Quotes about Being There
* ], in The Great Movies II (2006), p. 52
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Cast
Full credits →P
Peter Sellers
Chance
S
Shirley MacLaine
Eve Rand
M
Melvyn Douglas
Benjamin Rand
J
Jack Warden
President 'Bobby'
R
Richard Dysart
Dr. Robert Allenby
R
Richard Basehart
Vladimir Skrapinov
R
Ruth Attaway
Louise
D
David Clennon
Thomas Franklin
F
Fran Brill
Sally Hayes
D
Denise DuBarry
Johanna Franklin
A
Alice Hirson
First Lady
J
Jerome Hellman
Gary Burns
J
John Harkins
Sidney Courtney
J
James Noble
Kaufman
M
Mitch Kreindel
Dennis Watson
O
Oteil Burbridge
Lolo
R
Richard Venture
Wilson
S
Sam Weisman
Colson
E
Elya Baskin
Karpatov
H
Hal Ashby
Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)
