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Portnoy's Complaint

Portnoy's Complaint

★ 4.7/10•1972•1h 41m•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.

Ernest Lehman · Screenplay

Ernest Lehman · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 41m
LanguageEN
Release DateJun 19, 1972

Actors

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

Francesca De Sapio

Francesca De Sapio

Lina, Rome Prostitute

William Pabst

Clerk at Inn

Eleanor Zee

Eleanor Zee

Woman in Hospital Bed

Tony Brande

Cab Driver

D.P. Barnes

Dr. Spielvogel

John Carradine

John Carradine

Judge (voice) (uncredited)

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