Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Director
Bob Rafelson
Main cast
Jack Nicholson; Karen Black; Billy Green Bush; Fannie Flagg; Sally Struthers
Genres
Drama
Description
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.
Bob Rafelson
Main cast
Jack Nicholson; Karen Black; Billy Green Bush; Fannie Flagg; Sally Struthers
Genres
Drama
Description
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.
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