Desperately Seeking Susan
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.
6.1(519) 1985-03-29 104 minComedyCrime
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.
DirectorSusan Seidelman
WriterLeora Barish
Original Music ComposerThomas Newman
ProducerMidge Sanford
ProducerSarah Pillsbury
Cast & characters
Rosanna Arquette
as Roberta Glass
Madonna
as Susan
Aidan Quinn
as Dez
Mark Blum
as Gary Glass
Robert Joy
as Jim
Laurie Metcalf
as Leslie Glass
Anna Thomson
as Crystal
Will Patton
as Wayne Nolan
Steven Wright
as Larry Stillman D.D.S.
John Turturro
as Ray
Giancarlo Esposito
as Street Vendor
Richard Hell
as Bruce Meeker
Rockets Redglare
as Taxi Driver
Annie Golden
as Band Singer
Richard Edson
as Man With Newspapers
Ann Magnuson
as Cigarette Girl
John Lurie
as Neighbor Saxophonist
Peter Maloney
as Ian
Anne Carlisle
as Victoria
Victor Argo
as Sgt. Taskal
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José Angel Santana
as Boutique Owner
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Steve Bosh
as Newscaster
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Daisy Bradford
as Daisy
Mary Joy
as Cocktail Waitress
