Directed by:
Ted KotcheffScreenplay:
Lionel ChetwyndCinematography:
Brian WestComposer:
Stanley MyersCast:
Richard Dreyfuss, Micheline Lanctôt, Jack Warden, Randy Quaid, Joseph Wiseman, Denholm Elliott, Allan Kolman, Adolf Hitler (a.f.), Neville Chamberlain (a.f.) (more)Plots(1)
Set on Montreal's St. Urbain Street (the Jewish ghetto) in the 40's, the film chronicles the adventures of a brash, ambitious hustler (Richard Dreyfuss) as he builds his fame and fortune, sometimes at the expense of those he loves the most. Duddy Kravitz is a brash kid from Montreal's Jewish ghetto. His taxi driver father, Max, and his rich uncle Benjy are proud of Duddy's brother, Lenny, who is becoming a doctor like a good Jewish boy, financed by his uncle. They all think Duddy's a nobody. Only his grandfather loves the motherless Duddy, who is so desperate to be a somebody. Duddy's life begins its transformation when he gets a summer job as a waiter in a Jewish resort hotel. When he's out on a picnic with his new girlfriend, Yvette, a hotel house maid, he discovers an isolated, virgin lake. He is stunned by its beauty; his ambition crystallizes. Duddy decides to acquire all the property around the lake and develop it, and finally become a somebody. There is nothing he will not do to possess that lake... (Cinemax)
(more)Cast
![Richard Dreyfuss](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/392/164392674_b434d1.png)
Richard Dreyfuss
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
Jaws (1975)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
![Micheline Lanctôt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/324/158324532_a077ba.jpg)
Micheline Lanctôt
Canada
Best movies:
Le Coeur au poing (1998)
The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
![Jack Warden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267825_0857e1.jpg)
Jack Warden
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Being There (1979)
...And Justice for All (1979)
![Randy Quaid](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267786_8867a7.jpg)
Randy Quaid
USA
Best movies:
Paper Moon (1973)
Midnight Express (1978)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
![Joseph Wiseman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/757/165757446_5ee8e1.jpg)
Joseph Wiseman
Canada
Best movies:
Detective Story (1951)
Dr. No (1962)
The Valachi Papers (1972)
![Denholm Elliott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267410_7cbbf8.jpg)
Denholm Elliott
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Bangkok Hilton (1989) (series)
![Allan Kolman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/462/161462125_4e9837.jpg)
Allan Kolman
Best movies:
Se7en (1995)
Pump Up the Volume (1990)
Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) (TV movie)
![Adolf Hitler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271030_7b33cc.jpg)
Adolf Hitler (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation) - a.f.
The King's Speech (2010) - a.f.
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie) - a.f.
![Neville Chamberlain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/271/160271693_d21d65.jpg)
Neville Chamberlain (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
Arch of Triumph (1948) - a.f.
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) - a.f.
Deadly Decision (1954) - a.f.
Joe Silver
USA
Best movies:
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
Klute (1971)
Shivers (1975)
Zvee Scooler
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Love and Death (1975)
Ściana (1982) (TV movie)
Robert Goodier
Canada
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Power Play (1978)
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
Robert Desroches
Canada
Best movies:
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
Omerta, la loi du silence (1996) (series)