The Graduate

The Graduate

1967 | 1h 50m | Comedy, Romance | TV-MA

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Brief Synopsis

Here's the landmark 1967 comedy-drama that defined a generation and turned Dustin Hoffman into a star. Hoffman plays an aimless college grad who drifts into an affair with a seductive older woman—then falls in love with her daughter.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Mike Nichols

CAST

Dustin Hoffman

Anne Bancroft

Katharine Ross

William Daniels

Murray Hamilton

Elizabeth Wilson

Buck Henry

Norman Fell

PRODUCERS

Lawrence Turman

WRITERS

Calder Willingham

Buck Henry

Charles Webb

Host Intros

08:16
The Graduate (1967) -- Ben Mankiewicz and Christopher Malcolm
Intro Aired: Apr 2019
TCM fan Christopher Malcolm joins Ben Mankiewicz for an introduction and comments following The Graduate, 1967.
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Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The Graduate (1967)
Intro Aired: Mar 2019
Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Graduate, 1967.
08:43
The Art Of Casting -- The Graduate (1967)
Intro Aired: Nov 2018
Introduction and comments following The Graduate, 1967, with TCM's Ben Mankiewicz and guests Juliet Taylor and David Rubin.
01:47
Alicia Malone Intro -- The Graduate (1967)
Intro Aired: Mar 2018
Guest host Alicia Malone introduces The Graduate, 1967.
02:06
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The Graduate (1967)
Intro Aired: May 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Graduate, 1967.

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Graduate, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) You're Trying To Seduce Me
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Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft) has manipulated Ben (Dustin Hoffman, title character), the son of her husbands business partner, into driving her home from his welcome-home party to her Beverly Hills home, for a renowned encounter, Mike Nichols directing, in The Graduate, 1967.
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Graduate, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Sounds Of Silence
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Director Mike Nichols unorthodox opening, introducing Paul Simons landmark song, performed with Art Garfunkel, as Ben (Dustin Hoffman, title character, in his first lead role, sharing top billing with Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross) arrives at LAX, in The Graduate, 1967..
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Graduate, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I Just Have The Toothbrush
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Nervous Ben (Dustin Hoffman, title character) has been bumbling around a Los Angeles hotel (the since-demolished Ambassador) after calling Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft) to accept her offer of a tryst, co-screenwriter Buck Henry as the clerk, in director Mike Nichols' The Graduate, 1967.
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Graduate, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Do You Always Drive Like This?
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Ben (Dustin Hoffman), who's been having an affair with Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), who's forbidden him to date her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross), gets railroaded by his parents (William Daniels, Elizabeth Wilson), and business-partner Mr. Robinson (Murray Hamilton), in The Graduate, 1967.
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Graduate, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Plastics
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Moments after the opening, Ben (title character, Dustin Hoffman) conveyed by his parents (William Daniels, Elizabeth Wilson) to their welcome-home party, Walter Brooke (as McGuire) with a famous line, and director Mike Nichols introduces Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), in The Graduate, 1967.

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