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
Jessica Rains
Opening Girl
Francesca De Sapio
Lina, Rome Prostitute
William Pabst
Clerk at Inn
Eleanor Zee
Woman in Hospital Bed
Tony Brande
Cab Driver
D.P. Barnes
Dr. Spielvogel
John Carradine
Judge (voice) (uncredited)
Arline Bletcher
Elevator Lady #2 (uncredited)
Minta Durfee
Elevator Lady #1 (uncredited)
Mike De Anda
Mr. Harero (uncredited)
John P. Dulaney
Background (uncredited)
Burt Richards
Street Vendor (uncredited)
Darryl Seamen
Alexander, Age 8 (uncredited)
Yaffa Sharir
Stewardess (uncredited)
Carmen Zapata
Mrs. Harero (uncredited)
Crew
Ernest Lehman
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Philip Roth
Novel
Gordon Scott
Editor
Sam O'Steen
Editor
Philip H. Lathrop
Director of Photography
Michael D. Moore
Assistant Director
Wally Jones
Assistant Director
Sidney Beckerman
Producer
Robert F. Boyle
Production Design
Bill Johnson
Camera Operator
Moss Mabry
Costume Design
Kaye Pownall
Hairstylist
Charles H. Schram
Makeup Artist
Bruce Wright
Sound
Jim Danforth
Visual Effects
Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
George R. Nelson
Set Decoration
Frank L. Brown
Set Dresser
Donna Garrett
Stunts
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
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