Portnoy's Complaint
Comedy
Drama
Some book. Some movie.
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.
1972-06-19
en
Cast
Director
Ernest Lehman
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
Francesca De Sapio as Lina, Rome Prostitute
Eleanor Zee as Woman in Hospital Bed
John Carradine as Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Minta Durfee as Elevator Lady #1 (uncredited)
John P. Dulaney as Background (uncredited)
Carmen Zapata as Mrs. Harero (uncredited)