---
title: 'Five Easy Pieces (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bob Rafelson'
released: '1970-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/five-easy-pieces-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065724/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Five Easy Pieces (1970)

1970 · R · 96 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Five Easy Pieces is a 1970 American road drama film directed by Bob Rafelson, written by Rafelson and Carole Eastman, and starring Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, and Ralph Waite. The film tells the story of surly oil rig worker Bobby Dupea (Nicholson), whose rootless blue-collar existence belies his privileged youth as a piano prodigy. When Bobby learns that his father is dying, he travels to his family home in Washington to visit him, taking along his uncouth girlfriend (Black).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bob Rafelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-rafelson)
- **Screenplay:** [Bob Rafelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-rafelson), [Carole Eastman](https://cinepixo.com/people/carole-eastman)
- **Producer:** [Bob Rafelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-rafelson)
- **Director of Photography:** [László Kovács](https://cinepixo.com/people/laszlo-kovacs)

## Cast

- [Lois Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/lois-smith)
- [Susan Anspach](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-anspach)
- [Toni Basil](https://cinepixo.com/people/toni-basil)
- [Helena Kallianiotes](https://cinepixo.com/people/helena-kallianiotes)
- [Richard Stahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-stahl)
- [Sally Struthers](https://cinepixo.com/people/sally-struthers)
- [Karen Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-black)
- [Lorna Thayer](https://cinepixo.com/people/lorna-thayer)
- [Ralph Waite](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-waite)
- [Billy "Green" Bush](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-green-bush)
- [John P. Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-p-ryan)
- [Fannie Flagg](https://cinepixo.com/people/fannie-flagg)
- [Jack Nicholson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-nicholson)
- [William Challee](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-challee)

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