'The Graduate' is a 1967 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. The film tells the story of 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), a recent college graduate with no well-defined aim in life, who is seduced by an older married woman, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), but then falls for her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross).

'The Graduate' was released on December 21, 1967, to critical and commercial success, grossing $104.9 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 1967. It received seven nominations at the 40th Academy Awards including for Best Picture and won Best Director. In 1996, The Graduate was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It is currently (as of the 2007 rankings) ranked by the American Film Institute as the 17th greatest American film of all time.

Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson, Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock, Katharine Ross as Elaine Robinson, William Daniels as Mr. Braddock, Murray Hamilton as Mr. Robinson, Elizabeth Wilson as Mrs. Braddock, Buck Henry as Room Clerk, Brian Avery as Carl Smith, Walter Brooke as Mr. McGuire, Norman Fell as Mr. McCleery, Alice Ghostley as Mrs. Singleman, Marion Lorne as Miss DeWitt.

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