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Portnoy's Complaint

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Portnoy's Complaint

Some book. Some movie.

4.3

1h 41m

1972

“Some book. Some movie.”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Ernest Lehman

Trailer

ComedyDrama

relationship

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Cast & Crew

Richard Benjamin

Richard Benjamin

as Alexander Portnoy

Karen Black

Karen Black

as Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey

Lee Grant

Lee Grant

as Sophie Portnoy

Jack Somack

Jack Somack

as Jack Portnoy

Renée Lippin

Renée Lippin

as Hannah Portnoy

Jeannie Berlin

Jeannie Berlin

as Bubbles Girardi

Kevin Conway

Kevin Conway

as Smolka

Lewis J. Stadlen

Lewis J. Stadlen

as Mandel (as Lewis Stadlen)

Jill Clayburgh

Jill Clayburgh

as Naomi

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