Portnoy's Complaint (1972)

4.7/10 101 min Comedy Drama

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.

Cast

Richard Benjamin

Alexander Portnoy

Karen Black

Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey

Lee Grant

Sophie Portnoy

Jack Somack

Jack Portnoy

Renée Lippin

Hannah Portnoy

Jeannie Berlin

Bubbles Girardi

Kevin Conway

Smolka

Lewis J. Stadlen

Mandel (as Lewis Stadlen)

Jill Clayburgh

Naomi

Francesca De Sapio

Lina, Rome Prostitute

Eleanor Zee

Woman in Hospital Bed

John Carradine

Judge (voice) (uncredited)

Minta Durfee

Elevator Lady #1 (uncredited)

John P. Dulaney

Background (uncredited)

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