---
title: 'Drive, He Said (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jack Nicholson'
released: '1971-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/drive-he-said-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068509/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Drive, He Said (1971)

1971 · 90 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Drive, He Said is a 1971 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Jack Nicholson, in his directorial debut, and starring William Tepper, Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Robert Towne and Henry Jaglom. Based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Jeremy Larner, the film follows a disenchanted college basketball player who is having an affair with a professor's wife, as well as dealing with his counterculture roommate's preoccupation with avoiding the draft in the Vietnam War. The film features supporting performances by David Ogden Stiers, Cindy Williams, and Michael Warren. The screenplay was adapted by Larner and Nicholson, and included uncredited contributions from Terrence Malick.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Robert Towne](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-towne), [Jack Nicholson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-nicholson), [Terrence Malick](https://cinepixo.com/people/terrence-malick)
- **Director:** [Jack Nicholson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-nicholson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [David Shire](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-shire)
- **Producer:** [Stephen Blauner](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-blauner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bill Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-butler-2)
- **Editor:** [Donn Cambern](https://cinepixo.com/people/donn-cambern)

## Cast

- [June Fairchild](https://cinepixo.com/people/june-fairchild)
- [Cindy Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/cindy-williams)
- [Joseph Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-walsh)
- [Robert Towne](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-towne)
- [David Ogden Stiers](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-ogden-stiers)
- [Michael Warren](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-warren)
- [Bruce Dern](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-dern)
- [Charles Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-robinson)
- [Karen Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-black)
- [William Tepper](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-tepper)
- [Don Hanmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-hanmer)
- [Henry Jaglom](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-jaglom)

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