Portnoy's Complaint

1972

1h 41m

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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.

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Ernest Lehman(screenplay by)
Philip Roth(novel by)
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Richard Benjamin
Alexander Portnoy
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Karen Black
Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey
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Lee Grant
Sophie Portnoy
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Jack Somack
Jack Portnoy
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Renée Lippin
Hannah Portnoy
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Jeannie Berlin
Bubbles Girardi
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Lewis J. Stadlen
Mandel (as Lewis Stadlen)
Jessica Rains
Opening Girl
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Francesca De Sapio
Lina, Rome Prostitute
William Pabst
Clerk at Inn
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Eleanor Zee
Woman in Hospital Bed
Tony Brande
Cab Driver
D.P. Barnes
Dr. Spielvogel
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John Carradine
Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Arline Bletcher
Elevator Lady #2 (uncredited)
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Minta Durfee
Elevator Lady #1 (uncredited)

Directors

Writers

Ernest Lehman(screenplay by)
Philip Roth(novel by)

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Release date

June 19, 1972 (United States)

Country of origin

United States of America

Language

English

Production companies

Chenault Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures

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