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Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)

★ 6.1 · 503 ratings on TMDB

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.

Desperately Seeking Susan poster★ 6.1

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
CastAidan Quinn, Anna Thomson, John Turturro, Laurie Metcalf, Madonna, Mark Blum
GenresComedy, Crime, Drama
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Desperately Seeking Susan keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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