Portnoy's Complaint (1972)
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.
- Released
- 1972-06-19
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Ernest Lehman, Ernest Lehman
- TMDB rating
- 4.7/10 from 13 votes
Cast
- Richard Benjamin as Alexander Portnoy
- Karen Black as Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey
- Lee Grant as Sophie Portnoy
- Jack Somack as Jack Portnoy
- Renée Lippin as Hannah Portnoy
- Jeannie Berlin as Bubbles Girardi
- Kevin Conway as Smolka
- Lewis J. Stadlen as Mandel (as Lewis Stadlen)
- Jill Clayburgh as Naomi
- Jessica Rains as Opening Girl
- Francesca De Sapio as Lina, Rome Prostitute
- William Pabst as Clerk at Inn