CinemaOSMovie · 1972 · 1h 41m

Portnoy's Complaint

Some book. Some movie.

47%(13)IMDbComedyDrama

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.

Directed byErnest Lehman

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 41m
Language
EN
Released
June 19, 1972
Studios
Warner Bros. PicturesChenault Productions

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Portnoy's Complaint trailer (1972) Karen Black - scanned in 4K

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Richard Benjamin

Richard Benjamin

Alexander Portnoy

Karen Black

Karen Black

Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey

Lee Grant

Lee Grant

Sophie Portnoy

Jack Somack

Jack Somack

Jack Portnoy

Renée Lippin

Renée Lippin

Hannah Portnoy

Jeannie Berlin

Jeannie Berlin

Bubbles Girardi

Kevin Conway

Kevin Conway

Smolka

Lewis J. Stadlen

Lewis J. Stadlen

Mandel (as Lewis Stadlen)

Jill Clayburgh

Jill Clayburgh

Naomi

Jessica Rains

Opening Girl

Creative team
Directed by
Ernest Lehman
Ernest Lehman
Written by
Ernest Lehman
Ernest Lehman
Produced by
Sidney Beckerman
Ernest Lehman
Ernest Lehman

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