Five Easy Pieces

Sep 12, 1970

1h 38m

★ 7.1

He rode the fast lane on the road to nowhere.

Overview

A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

BBS Productions

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Robert Eroica Dupea

Jack Nicholson

Rayette Dipesto

Karen Black

Catherine Van Oost

Susan Anspach

Partita Dupea

Lois Smith

Carl Fidelio Dupea

Ralph Waite

Elton

Billy Green Bush

Samia Glavia

Irene Dailey

Terry Grouse

Toni Basil

Waitress

Lorna Thayer

Recording Engineer

Richard Stahl

Palm Apodaca

Helena Kallianiotes

Nicholas Dupea

William Challee

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6.2

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6.5

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7.2

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