Five Easy Pieces (1970)

Plot

Robert Dupea spends his days doing various odd jobs, drinking and womanizing until an encounter with his sister makes him revisit his past.

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Cast

Jack NicholsonRobert Eroica Dupea

Karen BlackRayette Dipesto

Susan AnspachCatherine Van Oost

Lois SmithPartita Dupea

Ralph WaiteCarl Fidelio Dupea

Billy Green BushElton

Irene DaileySamia Glavia

Dana IveyTerry Grouse

Lorna ThayerWaitress

Richard StahlRecording Engineer

Helena KallianiotesPalm Apodaca

William ChalleeNicholas Dupea

John P. RyanSpicer

Peter PauStoney

Marlena MacGuireTwinky

Sally StruthersBetty

Writers and directors

Bob RafelsonDirectorf. 1933

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CinemaSerf ★ 7.0/10

“Bobby” (Jack Nicholson) is a talented pianist from a successful family of musicians who has spurned the easy life and adopted a grifting existence working construction where he can and when he needs …16. Jul 2025

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Karen Black var tilnefnd til Óskarsverðlauna fyrir leik sinn.

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