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title: "Five Easy Pieces: cast and crew"
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cast: 18
crew: 31
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# Five Easy Pieces (1970): cast and crew

18 cast and 31 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Jack Nicholson](https://film.one/person/jack-nicholson.md) as Robert Eroica Dupea
- [Karen Black](https://film.one/person/karen-black.md) as Rayette Dipesto
- [Susan Anspach](https://film.one/person/susan-anspach.md) as Catherine Van Oost
- [Lois Smith](https://film.one/person/lois-smith.md) as Partita Dupea
- [Ralph Waite](https://film.one/person/ralph-waite.md) as Carl Fidelio Dupea
- [Billy Green Bush](https://film.one/person/billy-green-bush.md) as Elton
- [Irene Dailey](https://film.one/person/irene-dailey.md) as Samia Glavia
- [Toni Basil](https://film.one/person/toni-basil.md) as Terry Grouse
- [Lorna Thayer](https://film.one/person/lorna-thayer.md) as Waitress
- [Richard Stahl](https://film.one/person/richard-stahl.md) as Recording Engineer
- [Helena Kallianiotes](https://film.one/person/helena-kallianiotes.md) as Palm Apodaca
- [William Challee](https://film.one/person/william-challee.md) as Nicholas Dupea
- [John P. Ryan](https://film.one/person/john-p-ryan.md) as Spicer
- [Fannie Flagg](https://film.one/person/fannie-flagg.md) as Stoney
- Marlena MacGuire as Twinky
- [Sally Struthers](https://film.one/person/sally-struthers.md) as Betty
- Clay Greenbush as Baby (uncredited)
- [Bob Rafelson](https://film.one/person/bob-rafelson.md) as Man in Elevator (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Bob Rafelson](https://film.one/person/bob-rafelson.md): Director
- Sheldon Schrager: Assistant Director
- Bill Green: Second Assistant Director
- Terry Terrill: Script Supervisor

## Writing

- [Carole Eastman](https://film.one/person/carole-eastman.md): Screenplay, Story
- [Bob Rafelson](https://film.one/person/bob-rafelson.md): Story

## Production

- [Richard Wechsler](https://film.one/person/richard-wechsler.md): Producer
- [Bob Rafelson](https://film.one/person/bob-rafelson.md): Producer
- [Bert Schneider](https://film.one/person/bert-schneider.md): Executive Producer
- [Harold Schneider](https://film.one/person/harold-schneider.md): Associate Producer
- [Fred Roos](https://film.one/person/fred-roos.md): Casting
- Marilyn Schlossberg: Production Coordinator

## Camera

- [László Kovács](https://film.one/person/laszlo-kovacs.md): Director of Photography
- Howard Hagadorn: Dolly Grip
- George Hill: Key Grip
- Bernie Abramson: Still Photographer
- [Ronald Vidor](https://film.one/person/ronald-vidor.md): Assistant Camera
- Bill Curtis: Best Boy Grip

## Editing

- [Gerald Shepard](https://film.one/person/gerald-shepard.md): Editor
- [Christopher Holmes](https://film.one/person/christopher-holmes.md): Editor
- Peter Denenberg: Assistant Editor
- Harold Hazen: Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- Bob Minkler: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Kitty Malone: Foley Artist
- Charles T. Knight: Sound Mixer
- James Nelson: Supervising Sound Editor

## Art

- [Toby Carr Rafelson](https://film.one/person/toby-carr-rafelson.md): Production Design, Interior Designer
- Walter Starkey: Property Master

## Costume and make-up

- Bucky Rous: Wardrobe Master

## Lighting

- Richmond L. Aguilar: Gaffer

## Crew

- Alfred Schultz: Transportation Captain

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