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Desperately Seeking Susan

  • 6.1 /10

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  • 86%

Plot

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 as Roberta Glass
Rosanna Arquette

as Roberta Glass

Madonna as Susan
Madonna

as Susan

Aidan Quinn as Dez
Aidan Quinn

as Dez

Mark Blum as Gary Glass
Mark Blum

as Gary Glass

Robert Joy as Jim
Robert Joy

as Jim

Laurie Metcalf as Leslie Glass
Laurie Metcalf

as Leslie Glass

Anna Thomson as Crystal
Anna Thomson

as Crystal

Will Patton as Wayne Nolan
Will Patton

as Wayne Nolan

Steven Wright as Larry Stillman D.D.S.
Steven Wright

as Larry Stillman D.D.S.

John Turturro as Ray

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG-13

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • March 29, 1985

Production Companies

  • Orion Pictures

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $4,500,000.00

Revenue

  • $27,399,597.00

Runtime

  • 1.73 hrs

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I always thought this was one of Madonna's best film performance yet.

***Screwball drama in Manhattan with Rosanna Arquette and Madonna*** Roberta (Rosanna Arquette), a bored housewife in the New York City area, becomes obsessed with a wild child named Susan (Madonna) through the personal ads and inadvertently takes on her persona when she visits Manhattan. Unfortunately a hooligan is after Susan for priceless Egyptian earrings (Will Patton). Mark Blum plays Rob…