Movie

Being There

Released: December 19, 1979 (1979)

Runtime: 130 minutes

Genres: Comedy, Drama

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Melvyn Douglas as Benjamin Rand
Age at release: 78
Ruth Attaway as Louise
Age at release: 69
Richard Basehart as Vladimir Skrapinov
Age at release: 65
Jack Warden as President 'Bobby'
Age at release: 59
Peter Sellers as Chance
Age at release: 54
Richard Dysart as Dr. Robert Allenby
Age at release: 50
Shirley MacLaine as Eve Rand
Age at release: 45
David Clennon as Thomas Franklin
Age at release: 36
Fran Brill as Sally Hayes
Age at release: 33
Denise DuBarry as Johanna Franklin
Age at release: 23

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Kenneth Patterson as Perkins
Age at release: 68
James Noble as Kaufman
Age at release: 57
Richard Venture as Wilson
Age at release: 56
Stanley Grover as Baldwin
Age at release: 53
Alice Hirson as First Lady
Age at release: 50
John Harkins as Sidney Courtney
Age at release: 47
Ilya Baskin as Karpatov
Age at release: 29
Oteil Burbridge as Lolo
Age at release: 15
Mitch Kreindel as Dennis Watson
Age at release: Unknown