Five Easy Pieces (1970)

09/12/1970 (US) • 1h 38m

Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

Jack Nicholson

Robert Eroica Dupea

Karen Black

Rayette Dipesto

Susan Anspach

Catherine Van Oost

Lois Smith

Partita Dupea

Ralph Waite

Carl Fidelio Dupea

Irene Dailey

Samia Glavia

Toni Basil

Terry Grouse

Lorna Thayer

Waitress


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,600,000.00

Revenue

$18,099,091.00

Keywords

musician

diner

road trip

hitchhiker

drifter

class differences

washington state

oil field

rebelliousness

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