Desperately Seeking Susan
Comedy
Crime
Every man is desperate to have her. One woman is desperate to be her. But someone is desperate to kill her. If they can figure out who she is.
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.
1985-03-29
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Cast
Director
Susan Seidelman
Rosanna Arquette as Roberta Glass
Madonna as Susan
Aidan Quinn as Dez
Mark Blum as Gary Glass
Robert Joy as Jim
Laurie Metcalf as Leslie Glass
Anna Thomson as Crystal
Will Patton as Wayne Nolan
Steven Wright as Larry Stillman D.D.S.
John Turturro as Ray
Giancarlo Esposito as Street Vendor
Richard Hell as Bruce Meeker
Rockets Redglare as Taxi Driver
Annie Golden as Band Singer
Richard Edson as Man With Newspapers
Ann Magnuson as Cigarette Girl
John Lurie as Neighbor Saxophonist
Peter Maloney as Ian
Anne Carlisle as Victoria
Victor Argo as Sgt. Taskal
Mary Joy as Cocktail Waitress
Rosemary Hochschild as Cocktail Waitress
Iris Chacón Tapia as TV Singer
Shirley Stoler as Jail Matron
Arto Lindsay as Newspaper Clerk
Patrick John Hurley as Policeman
Timothy Carhart as Victoria's Boyfriend
John Hoyt as Space Commander
Gary Ray as Band Member
Kim Chan as Park Bum
Michael Badalucco as Guy from Brooklyn
Adele Bertei as Prisoner
Peter Castellotti as Coffee Shop Cop
Ilene Kristen as Party Guest
Carol Leifer as Party Guest
Richard Portnow as Party Guest
Isabel García Lorca as Party Guest
Tim Ransom as Bellhop
Sandy Dell as Hot Tub Girl (uncredited)
Harsh Nayyar as Egyptian Diplomat (uncredited)
Frank Stellato as Moving Man (uncredited)
John Spacely as (uncredited)