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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.

1985 · PG-13 · 1h 44m

Directed by Susan Seidelman

6.1

TMDB audience score
545 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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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
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  • Richard Hell
    Bruce Meeker

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  • Annie Golden
    Band Singer

  • Richard Edson
    Man With Newspapers

  • Ann Magnuson
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  • John Lurie
    Neighbor Saxophonist

  • Peter Maloney
    Ian