Story Line
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.
“Getting there is half the fun; being there is all of it!”
Top Cast
Peter Sellers
Chance
Shirley MacLaine
Eve Rand
Melvyn Douglas
Benjamin Rand
Jack Warden
President 'Bobby'
Richard Dysart
Dr. Robert Allenby
Richard Basehart
Vladimir Skrapinov
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Rating
7.6/ 10
Release Date
1979-12-19
Runtime
2h 10m
Genres
ComedyDrama
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User Reviews (2)
Filipe Manuel Neto
9/10
•11/22/2023**Peter Sellers' big farewell in a film that highlights his more chivalrous side.**
There are films that, even though they're good, cannot be consensual, and this is one of them. It's a film that conquers admirers as easily as it accumulates peopl...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•4/30/2026When 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 o...