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Desperately Seeking Susan

19856.1 / 10104 min

Drama, Comedy, Crime

Overview

Every man is desperate to have her. One woman is desperate to be her. But someone is desperate to kill her. If they can figure out who she is.

A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.

Cast

Rosanna Arquette

Roberta Glass

Madonna

Susan

Aidan Quinn

Dez

Mark Blum

Gary Glass

Robert Joy

Jim

Laurie Metcalf

Leslie Glass

Anna Thomson

Crystal

Will Patton

Wayne Nolan

Steven Wright

Larry Stillman D.D.S.

John Turturro

Ray

Giancarlo Esposito

Street Vendor

Richard Hell

Bruce Meeker

Rockets Redglare

Taxi Driver

Annie Golden

Band Singer

Richard Edson

Man With Newspapers

Ann Magnuson

Cigarette Girl

John Lurie

Neighbor Saxophonist

Peter Maloney

Ian

Anne Carlisle

Victoria

Victor Argo

Sgt. Taskal

José Angel Santana

Boutique Owner

Steve Bosh

Newscaster

Daisy Bradford

Daisy

Mary Joy

Cocktail Waitress

Rosemary Hochschild

Cocktail Waitress

Iris Chacón Tapia

TV Singer

Shirley Stoler

Jail Matron

J.B. Waters

Jail Matron

Arto Lindsay

Newspaper Clerk

Henry Adler

Magic Club Drummer

Marty Gold

Magic Club Saxophonist

Michael R. Chin

Choy

Patrick John Hurley

Policeman

Timothy Carhart

Victoria's Boyfriend

Curt Dempster

Coffee Shop Manager

Shirley Kaplan

Waitress

Lázaro Pérez

Enrique the Guard

John Hoyt

Space Commander

Gary Ray

Band Member

Gary Binkow

Band Member

Michael Bramon

Band Member

Joyce Griffen

Prostitute

Paul Austin

Policeman

Richard S. Lowy

Adrian - the Hairdresser

Donna Ritchie

Hot Tub Girl

Kim Chan

Park Bum

Michael Badalucco

Guy from Brooklyn

Elie J. Boubli

Egyptian Ambassador

Adele Bertei

Prisoner

Peter Castellotti

Coffee Shop Cop

Wende Dasteel

Party Guest

Steve Eidel

Party Guest

Michael Kaufman

Party Guest

Ilene Kristen

Party Guest

Carol Leifer

Party Guest

Richard Portnow

Party Guest

Isabel García Lorca

Party Guest

Tim Ransom

Bellhop

Gilda Torterello

Ray's Mom

Stanley Burns

Ventriloquist

Sandy Dell

Hot Tub Girl (uncredited)

Robert Dahdah

Man Waiting On Line (uncredited)

Edward Galland

Boy Triplet (uncredited)

Kevin Harris

Egyptian Diplomat (uncredited)

David Kellman

Boy Triplet (uncredited)

Harsh Nayyar

Egyptian Diplomat (uncredited)

Robert Shafran

Boy Triplet (uncredited)

Frank Stellato

Moving Man (uncredited)

John Spacely

(uncredited)

Crew

Susan Seidelman

Director

Leora Barish

Writer

Debbie Sarjeant

Second Assistant Camera

Glenn Lloyd

Art Department Coordinator

Melissa Stanton

Wardrobe Supervisor

Linda Murphy

Boom Operator

Shelley Houis

Production Office Coordinator

Speed Hopkins

Art Direction

Leslie Bloom

Property Master

Mark Rathaus

Sound Editor

Ray Quinlan

Gaffer

Peter Odabashian

Sound Editor

Joel Tuber

First Assistant Director

Todd M. Thaler

Additional Casting

Tom Prate

Key Grip

David Dreyfuss

Second Assistant Director

William A. Campbell

Wardrobe Supervisor

Francis Kenny

Camera Operator

James Fitzpatrick

Gaffer

Lou Graf

Sound Editor

Bruce Kitzmeyer

Foley Editor

Louis Cerborino

Music Editor

Stuart Stanley

Assistant Sound Editor

Jay Dranch

ADR Editor

Randall Coleman

Assistant Sound Editor

Kenton Jakub

Assistant Sound Editor

Brunilda Torres

Assistant Sound Editor

Julie Lamm

Post Production Accountant

Rocco Derasmo

Transportation Captain

Santo Loquasto

Production Design

Sarah Pillsbury

Producer

Werner Sherer

Hairstylist

Richard Dean

Makeup Artist

Ira Hurvitz

Script Supervisor

Timothy R. Sexton

Music Supervisor

Michael Peyser

Unit Production Manager

Risa Bramon Garcia

Casting

Andrew Mondshein

Editor

Thomas Newman

Original Music Composer

Midge Sanford

Producer

Michael Peyser

Executive Producer

Billy Hopkins

Casting

Danny Goldberg

Music Supervisor

George DeTitta Jr.

Set Decoration

Edward Lachman

Director of Photography

Maurice Schell

Supervising Sound Editor

Les Lazarowitz

Sound Mixer

Andrew D. Schwartz

Still Photographer

Mitch Dubin

First Assistant Camera