Rejecting his cultured upper-class background as a classical pianist, Robert Dupea (Jack Nicholson) opts for a blue-collar existence, working in a California oil field and spending time with his waitress girlfriend, Rayette (Karen Black). But when Robert discovers that his father is gravely ill, he wants to reunite with his estranged family in the state of Washington. He and Rayette take a road trip that brings the two paths of his life to an uncomfortable intersection.
Drama
Director
Bob Rafelson
Producers
Bob Rafelson
Bert Schneider
Richard Wechsler
Cast
Jack Nicholson
Karen Black
Susan Anspach
Billy Green Bush
Fannie Flagg
Sally Struthers
Ralph Waite
Helena Kallianiotes
Richard Stahl
Marlena MacGuire
Lois Smith
Toni Basil
Lorna Thayer
William Challee
John P. Ryan
Irene Dailey
Writers
Bob Rafelson
Carole Eastman
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Feature
Five Easy Pieces
Five Easy Pieces
A dropout 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.