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Some book. Some movie. - Portnoy's Complaint
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Title: Portnoy's Complaint

Release Date: 19 Jun 1972

Runtime: 1h 41m

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Chenault Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Companies: Chenault Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

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.

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Average Vote: 4.5 (11 votes)

Cast

  • Alexander Portnoy: Richard Benjamin
  • Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey: Karen Black
  • Sophie Portnoy: Lee Grant
  • Jack Portnoy: Jack Somack
  • Hannah Portnoy: Renée Lippin
  • Bubbles Girardi: Jeannie Berlin
  • Smolka: Kevin Conway
  • Mandel (as Lewis Stadlen): Lewis J. Stadlen
  • Naomi: Jill Clayburgh
  • Opening Girl: Jessica Rains
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