Movies
TV Shows
People
19/12/1979 Comedy, Drama 2h 10m
76
User score

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

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.

  1. Hal Ashby

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Peter Sellers

    Chance

  2. Shirley MacLaine

    Eve Rand

  3. Melvyn Douglas

    Benjamin Rand

  4. Jack Warden

    President 'Bobby'

  5. Richard Dysart

    Dr. Robert Allenby

  6. Richard Basehart

    Vladimir Skrapinov

  7. Ruth Attaway

    Louise

  8. David Clennon

    Thomas Franklin

  9. Fran Brill

    Sally Hayes

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-04-30
When the "Old Man" who has provided "Chauncey" (Peter Sellers) with an home for most of his life dies, this erstwhile gardener finds himself homeless. Dressed in his finest handed-down suit and carrying his home in his suitcase, he emerges into the outside world without a clue. He has no money; he has nowhere to say, nothing to eat - he has no friends. He's like a full-sized infant whose only exposure to reality has been through the television. Luckily, he has a bit of a scrape with the limousine of "Eve" (Shirley MacLaine) and she takes him back to their palatial home to recuperate. She is in...read the rest
Read All Reviews

Recommendations

  1. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close69%
  2. All the President's Men76%
  3. Benny & Joon70%
  4. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere66%
  5. Official Secrets72%
  6. The Giver65%
  7. Snowden71%
  8. Miracle Run76%
  9. The Upside71%
  10. Glass66%
  11. The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear68%
  12. A Thousand Words61%
  13. All the Way66%
  14. Worth67%
  15. Thoughtcrimes65%
  16. The Post70%
  17. TalhotBlond63%
  18. Richard Jewell74%
  19. Thunderstruck61%
  20. The Lady in the Van63%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$30,177,511.00

Keywords