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.”
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
70 people
Rosanna Arquette
Roberta Glass
Known for
The Big Blue
Pulp Fiction
Madonna
Susan
Known for
Arthur and the Invisibles
Four Rooms
Aidan Quinn
Dez
Known for
Elementary
Unknown
Mark Blum
Gary Glass
Known for
Crocodile Dundee
Mozart in the Jungle
Robert Joy
Jim
Known for
FROM
CSI: NY
Laurie Metcalf
Leslie Glass
Known for
Lady Bird
Toy Story
Anna Thomson
Crystal
Known for
The Crow
Unforgiven
Will Patton
Wayne Nolan
Known for
Falling Skies
Swamp Thing
Steven Wright
Larry Stillman D.D.S.
Known for
The Emoji Movie
Coffee and Cigarettes
John Turturro
Ray
Known for
Severance
The Night Of
Anna Levine
Crystal
Giancarlo Esposito
Street Vendor
Known for
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
Susan Seidelman Director · Leora Barish Writer Thomas Newman Composer
Worldwide gross $27M · Budget $4.5M · United States release March 29, 1985
Box office
Budget
$4,500,000
Worldwide gross
$27,399,597
Gross vs. budget
6.1×
Production
Orion Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Belgium · March 29, 1985
Theatrical
United States · March 29, 1985
Limited theatrical
United States
April 12, 1985 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 24, 1985 · Theatrical
Denmark
September 13, 1985 · Theatrical
Finland
March 29, 1985 · Theatrical
France
September 11, 1985 · Theatrical
August 1, 2026 · Digital · Arte•tv
August 2, 2026 · TV · Arte
Germany
August 2, 1985 · Theatrical · West Germany
August 1, 2026 · Digital · Arte•tv
August 2, 2026 · TV · Arte
Mexico
March 29, 1985 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 29, 1985 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 29, 1985 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 5, 1985 · Theatrical
XC
October 1, 1992 · Physical
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