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Portnoy's Complaint

(1972)

June 19, 1972• 1h 41m
47%
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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.

Ernest Lehman

Director

Top Billed Cast

RB

Richard Benjamin

Alexander Portnoy

KB

Karen Black

Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey

LG

Lee Grant

Sophie Portnoy

JS

Jack Somack

Jack Portnoy

RL

Renée Lippin

Hannah Portnoy

JB

Jeannie Berlin

Bubbles Girardi

KC

Kevin Conway

Smolka

LJS

Lewis J. Stadlen

Mandel (as Lewis Stadlen)

JC

Jill Clayburgh

Naomi

JR

Jessica Rains

Opening Girl

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