Comedy Drama
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.
Directed by
Ernest Lehman
Lee Grant
Sophie Portnoy
John Carradine
Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Jeannie Berlin
Bubbles Girardi
Renée Lippin
Hannah Portnoy
Lewis J. Stadlen
Mandel (as Lewis Stadlen)
Jill Clayburgh
Naomi
Karen Black
Mary Jane Reid a.k.a. Monkey
Eleanor Zee
Woman in Hospital Bed
John P. Dulaney
Background (uncredited)
Richard Benjamin
Alexander Portnoy
Kevin Conway
Smolka
Carmen Zapata
Mrs. Harero (uncredited)
Francesca De Sapio
Lina, Rome Prostitute
Minta Durfee
Elevator Lady #1 (uncredited)
Jack Somack
Jack Portnoy
Jessica Rains
Opening Girl
William Pabst
Clerk at Inn
Tony Brande
Cab Driver
D.P. Barnes
Dr. Spielvogel
Arline Bletcher
Elevator Lady #2 (uncredited)
Mike De Anda
Mr. Harero (uncredited)
Burt Richards
Street Vendor (uncredited)
Darryl Seamen
Alexander, Age 8 (uncredited)
Yaffa Sharir
Stewardess (uncredited)

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