Five Easy Pieces
A middle-class drop-out returns home on a visit, but still hating the family routine of endless classical music and earnest discussion, resumes his drifting ways and casual working on oil rigs and construction sites.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Robert 'Bobby' Eroica Dupea Jack Nicholson
- Rayette Dipesto Karen Black
- Elton Billy 'Green' Bush
- Stoney Fannie Flagg
- Betty Sally Struthers
- Twinky Marlena Macguire
- recording engineer Richard Stahl
- Partita Dupea Lois Smith
- Palm Apodaca Helena Kallianiotes
- Terry Grouse Toni Basil
- waitress Lorna Thayer
- Catherine Van Ost Susan Anspach
- Carl Fidelio Dupea Ralph Waite
- Nicholas Dupea William Challee
- Spicer John P. Ryan
- Samia Glavia Irene Dailey
Credits
Direction
- Director Bob Rafelson
- Assistant Director Sheldon Schrager
- Script Supervisor Terry Terrill
Production
- © Five Easy Pieces Productions
- Production Company B.B.S. Productions
- Executive Producer Bert Schneider
- Producer Bob Rafelson
- Producer Richard Wechsler
- Associate Producer Harold Schneider
- Production Co-ordinator Marilyn Schlossberg
- Location Representative Kent Remington
Casting
- Casting Fred Roos
Writing
- Screenplay Carole Eastman
- From a story by Bob Rafelson
- From a story by Carole Eastman
Photography
- Director of Photography László Kovács
- Gaffer Richmond Aguilar
- Best Boy Bill Curtis
- Key Grip George Hill
- Dolly Grip Howard Hagadorn
Editing
- Editor Christopher Holmes
- Editor Gerald Sheppard
- Assistant Editor Peter Denenberg
- Assistant Editor Harold Hazen
Design
- Interior Design Toby Carr Rafelson
- Property Master Walter E. Starkey
Costumes
- Wardrobe Bucky Rous
Music
- Solo Pianist Pearl Kaufman
Sound
- Sound Mixer Charles Knight
- Sound Audio Tran
- Re-recording Producers Sound Service
- Sound Effects Inc Edit-Rite
Consultant
- Transportation Captain Al Schultz