Five Easy Pieces

He rode the fast lane on the road to nowhere.

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.

Drama

Jack Nicholson

(Robert Eroica Dupea)

Karen Black

(Rayette Dipesto)

Susan Anspach

(Catherine Van Oost)

Lois Smith

(Partita Dupea)

Ralph Waite

(Carl Fidelio Dupea)

Billy Green Bush

(Elton)

Irene Dailey

(Samia Glavia)

Toni Basil

(Terry Grouse)

Lorna Thayer

(Waitress)

Richard Stahl

(Recording Engineer)

Helena Kallianiotes

(Palm Apodaca)

William Challee

(Nicholas Dupea)

John P. Ryan

(Spicer)

Fannie Flagg

(Stoney)

Marlena MacGuire

(Twinky)

Sally Struthers

(Betty)

Clay Greenbush

(Baby (uncredited))

Bob Rafelson

(Man in Elevator (uncredited))