Being There

Shirley MacLaine as Eve Rand Melvyn Douglas as Benjamin Rand Richard Dysart as Dr. Robert Allenby Richard Venture as Wilson Sam Weisman as Colson Peter Sellers as Chance Jack Warden as President 'Bobby' Richard Basehart as Vladimir Skrapinov John Harkins as Sidney Courtney Mitch Kreindel as Dennis Watson Stanley Grover as Baldwin Ruth Attaway as Louise Fran Brill as Sally Hayes Alice Hirson as First Lady Hal Ashby as Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited) David Clennon as Thomas Franklin Jerome Hellman as Gary Burns James Noble as Kaufman Oteil Burbridge as Lolo Ilya Baskin as Karpatov

Hal Ashby Director Andrew Braunsberg Producer Charles H. Schram Makeup Artist Pablo Ferro Title Designer Johnny Mandel Original Music Composer Caleb Deschanel Director of Photography May Routh Costume Designer Jerzy Kosiński Screenplay, Novel Jack Schwartzman Executive Producer Lynn Stalmaster Casting