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Compromising Positions

  • 1985
  • R
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
1.2K
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Susan Sarandon, Raul Julia, Edward Herrmann, Mary Beth Hurt, and Judith Ivey in Compromising Positions (1985)
ComedyDramaMysteryThriller

An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who had been having affairs with several of he... Read allAn ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who had been having affairs with several of her neighbors.An ex-newspaper woman who is now a suburban housewife can't resist getting involved in an investigation of the murder of a philandering dentist who had been having affairs with several of her neighbors.

  • Director
    • Frank Perry
  • Writer
    • Susan Isaacs
  • Stars
    • Susan Sarandon
    • Raul Julia
    • Edward Herrmann
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    1.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Frank Perry
    • Writer
      • Susan Isaacs
    • Stars
      • Susan Sarandon
      • Raul Julia
      • Edward Herrmann
    • 16User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
    • 65Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Susan Sarandon
    Susan Sarandon
    • Judith Singer
    Raul Julia
    Raul Julia
    • David Suarez
    Edward Herrmann
    Edward Herrmann
    • Bob Singer
    Judith Ivey
    Judith Ivey
    • Nancy Miller
    Mary Beth Hurt
    Mary Beth Hurt
    • Peg Tuccio
    Joe Mantegna
    Joe Mantegna
    • Bruce Fleckstein
    Anne DeSalvo
    Anne DeSalvo
    • Phyllis Fleckstein
    • (as Anne De Salvo)
    Josh Mostel
    Josh Mostel
    • Dicky Dunck
    Deborah Rush
    Deborah Rush
    • Brenda Dunck
    Joan Allen
    Joan Allen
    • Mary Alice Mahoney
    Kaiulani Lee
    Kaiulani Lee
    • Scotty Hughes
    Tanya Berezin
    • Newsday editor
    William Youmans
    William Youmans
    • Motel clerk
    Amanda Lyons
    • Kate Singer
    Chris Cunningham
    • Joey Singer
    Jason Beghe
    Jason Beghe
    • Cupcake
    Timothy Jerome
    • Rabbi
    Jack Gilpin
    Jack Gilpin
    • Patrol car cop
    • Director
      • Frank Perry
    • Writer
      • Susan Isaacs
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Debut credited theatrical feature film of actress Joan Allen who played Mary Alice Mahoney.
    • Goofs
      When Nancy and Judith are talking in the car, a crew member's finger can be seen poking Susan Sarandon's back to cue her in about delivering her lines.
    • Quotes

      Bob Singer: Wouldn't you just love to kill a dentist?

    • Connections
      Features Jane Eyre (1943)

    User reviews16

    Featured review
    8/10

    A must see for Susan Sarandon fans. . .

    . . .but anyone else should like it,too. I saw it for the first time in the theater when I was 19. It was the first movie I went to alone because none of my friends wanted to see a "girl's movie". It is that, but it's a wonderful one of those. Since then I've seen it a dozen times and it always makes me laugh.

    Susan is wonderful as always and Raul Julia is solid, but Judith Ivy steals every scene she's in. Some of the other characters are excentric to distraction, but over all it's very entertaining. It's the kind of comedy that's amusing even if it's not laugh-out-loud funny all the time. Now it's a little dated, but still really fun to watch.
    • callaspadeaspade
    • Aug 20, 2001
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    • Release date
      • August 30, 1985 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Tödliche Beziehung
    • Filming locations
      • East Hampton, Long Island, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Blackhawk Productions
      • C.P. Productions
      • Paramount Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $6,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $12,531,831
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,014,756
      • Sep 2, 1985
    • Gross worldwide
      • $12,531,831
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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