The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

Director: Ted Kotcheff Cast: Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss
, Jack Warden
Jack Warden
, Randy Quaid
Randy Quaid
, Joseph Wiseman
Joseph Wiseman
Ted Kotcheff
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

Director: Ted Kotcheff Cast: Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss
, Jack Warden
Jack Warden
, Randy Quaid
Randy Quaid
, Joseph Wiseman
Joseph Wiseman
Ted Kotcheff

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Overview

Richard Dreyfuss put himself on the map with his performance in this movie about how ambition and greed can drive someone at the expense of his own happiness. Duddy Kravitz (Dreyfuss) is an 18-year-old Jewish kid from Montreal whose mother is dead, and whose father drives a cab and does a little pimping on the side to pay the bills and send Duddy's older brother to medical school. Duddy has bigger dreams, and he does everything from producing films of bar mitzvahs to attempting to buy real estate to (unknowingly) smuggling heroin in order to strike it rich. Along the way, however, he alienates his girlfriend, drives his grandfather to despair, loses all his friends, and even paralyzes his best employee, while making himself more and more miserable. Duddy's desire to be a success is easy to understand, which makes this potentially unlikable character forgivable, and the film's gallery of details and characters adds realism and energy to the story.

Product Details

Release Date: 12/12/2023
UPC: 0760137141839
Original Release: 1974
Source: Fun City Editions
Language: English
Time: 2:01:00
Sales rank: 21,537

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Richard Dreyfuss Duddy
Jack Warden Max
Randy Quaid Virgil
Joseph Wiseman Uncle Benjamin
Denholm Elliott Friar
Henry Ramer Dingleman
Joe Silver Farber
Zvee Scooler Grandfather
Robert Goodier Calder
Allan Rosenthal Lennie
Barrie Baldaro Paddy
Alan Migicovsky Irwin
Barry Pascal Bernie Farber
Susan Friedman Linda
Jacques Durette Bodyguard
Jonathan Robinson Rabbi
Edward Resmini Bernie Altman
Vincent Cole Moe
Henry Gamer Lawyer
Lou Levitt Rubin
Sonny Oppenheim Cohen
Lionel Schwartz Arnie
Mickey Eichen Cuckoo
Robert Desroches Laplante
Norman Taviss Grandfather Farber
Micheline Lanctôt Yvette
Ted Actor
Judith Gault Tarty Woman
Micheline Lanctot Actor
Stanley Myers Composer

Technical Credits
Ted Kotcheff Director
John Kemeny Producer
Gerald Schneider Executive Producer
Mordecai Richler Screenwriter
Lynn Stalmaster Casting
Lionel Chetwynd Screenwriter
Marcel Pothier Sound/Sound Designer
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