The movie chronicles a young man's (Richard Benjamin) love and passion in his own kinky way.The movie chronicles a young man's (Richard Benjamin) love and passion in his own kinky way.The movie chronicles a young man's (Richard Benjamin) love and passion in his own kinky way.
Renée Lippin
- Hannah Portnoy
- (as Renee Lippin)
Lewis J. Stadlen
- Mandel
- (as Lewis Stadlen)
Francesca De Sapio
- Lina, Whore in Rome
- (as Francesca DeSapio)
D.P. Barnes
- Dr. Spielvogel
- (as D. P. Barnes)
Arline Bletcher
- Elevator Lady #2
- (uncredited)
John Carradine
- Judge
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Mike De Anda
- Mr. Harero
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaA news article noted that Mike Nichols urged producer/director Ernest Lehman to cast Richard Benjamin, who had acted in Nichols' Catch-22 (1970). Benjamin had three years previously shot to fame in Goodbye, Columbus (1969), another Philip Roth novel adapted to the screen.
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The Monkey: Is this your idea of a love affair, where you treat a woman as a leper?
- ConnectionsFeatured in Film Extra: Richard Benjamin (1973)
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a neurotic sex-obsessed Jewish man in New York City
Alexander Portnoy (Richard Benjamin) is the assistant commissioner of human opportunity for the city of New York. He is a neurotic single Jewish man obsessed with sex. That is all he thinks about. He is thirtysomething and still living at home with his overbearing parents.
This is based on a Philip Roth novel. Screenwriter Ernest Lehman is doing his one and only directing effort. I can see why. I do not like these characters. I can take it or leave it with Alex. A few times, his antics get to be a bit funny. Even those have the overlay of annoying characters. Mostly, I grew tired of the movie.
This is based on a Philip Roth novel. Screenwriter Ernest Lehman is doing his one and only directing effort. I can see why. I do not like these characters. I can take it or leave it with Alex. A few times, his antics get to be a bit funny. Even those have the overlay of annoying characters. Mostly, I grew tired of the movie.
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- May 5, 2024
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- Gross US & Canada
- $614,416
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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