Directed by
Hal Ashby
CAST
Chance the Gardener (Chauncy Gardner)Peter Sellers
Eve Rand
Shirley MacLaine
Benjamin Rand
Melvyn Douglas
President "Bobby"
Jack Warden
Doctor Robert Allenby
Richard A. Dysart
Vladimir Skrapinov
Richard Basehart
Louise
Ruth Attaway
Thomas Franklin
David Clennon
Lolo (Boy on corner)
Oteil Burbridge
Johanna (Thomas Franklin's wife or girl friend)
Denise DuBarry
Sally Hayes
Fran Brill
Abbaz (Kid with knife)
Ravenell Keller III
Policeman (by White House)
Brian Corrigan
Old Woman (Asked for Lunch)
Alfredine Brown
David (Chauffeur)
Donald Jacob
Jeffery (Liveryman)
Ernest McClure
Perkins (Butler)
Kenneth Patterson
Wilson (Chance's valet)
Richard Venture
Arthur (Rand's valet)
Arthur Grundy
Lewis (Doorman)
W.C. 'Mutt' Burton
Billings (X-Ray technician)
Henry B. Dawkins
Mrs. Aubrey (Rand's Secretary)
Georgine Hall
Constance (Nurse)
Nell P. Leaman
Teresa (Nurse)
Villa Mae P. Barkley
First Lady
Alice Hirson
Kaufman (Presidential Advisor)
James Noble
Presidential Aides:
Timothy Shaner
William F. Williams
Jim Aar
William Lubin
William Dance
Woltz (Secret Service Agent)
Gerald C. McNabb Jr.
Riff (Secret Service Agent)
Hoyt Clark Harris Jr.
Honeycutt (Agency)
Ned Wilson
Baldwin (Bureau)
Stanley Grover
Reporter
Paul Marin
Courtney (Financial Editor)
John Harkins
Kinney (News Researcher)
Katherine De Hetre
Lyman Stuart (News publisher in bar with Courtney)
William Larsen
Gary Burns
Jerome Hellman
Morton Hull (Producer of Burns show)
Arthur Rosenberg
Colson TV (TV Makeup man)
Sam Weisman
TV Page (With glass of water)
Fredric Lehne
TV Guest
Gwen Humble
TV Reporter
Laurie Jefferson
Other Reporters
Allen Williams
Janet Meshad
Paul Marin
Sophie
Melendy Britt
Natasha Skrapinov
Hanna Hertelendy
Karpatov (Russian aide)
Elya Baskin
Ambassador Gaufridi ("Are you proficient in other languages?")
Than Wyenn
Ron Steigler (Book publisher)
Richard McKenzie
Senator Slipshod ("He speaks eight languages")
Sandy Ward
Mrs. Slipshod ("He's very attractive")
Danna Hansen
Dennis Watson (Gay) ("Yes, very")
Mitch Kreindel
Pallbearers:
Richard Seff
Terrence Currier
Leon Greenberg
Austin Hay
Mark Hammer
Pallbearer
Produced by
Andrew Braunsberg
Screenplay by
Jerzy Kosinski
Based upon the novel by
Jerzy Kosinski
Director of Photography
Caleb Deschanel
Editor
Don Zimmerman
Production Sound Mixer
Jeff Wexler
Casting
Lynn Stalmaster
Music
Johnny Mandel
Associate Producer
Charles B. Mulvehill
Executive Producer
Jack Schwartzman
Costumes designed
by Mary Routh
Production Designer
Michael Haller
Video Research and Selection
of all "On TV" Sequences
[Special kudos to her]
Dianne Schroeder
Production Manager
Charles B. Mulvehill
1st Assistant Director
David S. Hamburger
2nd Assistant Director
Toby Lovallo
Production Office Coordinator
Teresa Stokovic
Accountant
Kenneth Ryan
Extra Casting
David Welch
Production Assistants
Charles Clapsaddle
Micheal Flowers
Gregory Palmer
Script Supervisor
Edle Bakke
Secretary to the Director
Loretta Lorden
Location Manager
Spencer Quinn
Art Director
James Schoppe
Set Decorator
Robert Benton
Gaffer
Gary Holt
Property Master
Ray Mercer, Jr.
Assistant Property Master
Arthur Shipee, Jr.
Construction Coordinator
Richard Reseigne
Camera Operator
Nick McLean
1st Assistant Cameraman
Craig Denault
2nd Assistant Cameraman
Kenneth Nishino
Rerecording Mixers
Donald O. Mitchell
Rick Kline
Bill Nicholson
Boom Operator (and then some)
Don Coutal
Peter Sellers Makeup
Charles Schram
Peter Sellers Hairstylist
Vivienne Walker
Shirley MacLaine's Makeup
Frank Westmore
Shirley MacLaine's Hairstylist
Edie Panda
Peter Sellers Assistant
Micheal Jeffrey
Men's Wardrobe
Anthony Faso
Women's Wardrobe
Suzanne Grace
Transportation Coordinator
Jerry Molen
Assistant Transportation Coordinator
Michael McDuffee
Video Playback by
Location Video Co.
Louis Mahler
Peter Martinez
Video Engineer
Harry C. Howard
"Gary Burns Show" Video Segment
Directed by
Don Mischer
Unit Publicist
Beverly Walker
Still Photography
Sidney Baldwin
Special Photography
Dianne Schroeder
Assistant Editor
Mark Warner
Apprentice Film Editor
Rebecca Einfeld
Editorial Consultant
Mireille Machu
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Frank Warner
Sound Effects Editorial Staff
Norval D. Crutcher
Gary S. Gerlich
Samuel C. Crutcher
Victoria Martin
Music Editor
Jim Henrikson
Process
Don Hansard
Titles Designed by
Pablo Ferro
Titles and Opticals
Pacific Title
Color Timer
Ron Lambert
"Sprach Zarathrustra" Arranged and Performed by
Eumir Deodato
Courtesy of CTI Records
Made in Association with CIP-Europaische Treuhand AG, Germany
Producers of this film wish to thank
The Biltmore House and Gardens
Asheville, North Carolina
For their cooperation during location shooting
CHANCE'S GARDEN