Portnoy's Complaint
movie
Some book. Some movie.
Released June 19, 1972
Overview
During a session with his psychoanalyst, Alexander Portnoy rants about everything that is bothering him. His complaints include his childhood and his family with an emphasis on his mother, his sexual fantasies and the problems that he has with women, and his obsessive feelings about his Judaism.
Cast
Richard Benjamin
as
Alexander Portnoy
Karen Black
as
Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey
Lee Grant
as
Sophie Portnoy
Jack Somack
as
Jack Portnoy
Renée Lippin
as
Hannah Portnoy
Jeannie Berlin
as
Bubbles Girardi
Kevin Conway
as
Smolka
Lewis J. Stadlen
as
Mandel (as Lewis Stadlen)
Jill Clayburgh
as
Naomi
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Jessica Rains
as
Opening Girl
Francesca De Sapio
as
Lina, Rome Prostitute
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William Pabst
as
Clerk at Inn
Crew
Ernest Lehman
as
Director
Ernest Lehman
as
Screenplay
Philip H. Lathrop
as
Director of Photography
Michel Legrand
as
Original Music Composer
Michael D. Moore
as
Assistant Director
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Wally Jones
as
Assistant Director
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Frank L. Brown
as
Set Dresser
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Bruce Wright
as
Sound
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Jim Danforth
as
Visual Effects
Donna Garrett
as
Stunts
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Bill Johnson
as
Camera Operator
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Wayne Fitzgerald
as
Title Designer