Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)






Roberta is a housewife, bored with her life and feeling ignored by her hot tub-selling husband. The one thing that interests her is the excitement and romance she finds in following the relationship of Jim and Susan, who communicate through their travels using the personal ads. Susan is having her own fun when she sees the ad to meet Jim in NYC. Unfortunately, Susan is unaware that the last man she was with is entangled with the mob. So when Roberta shows up to actually see her idol, she takes it upon herself to emulate her. After a bout of amnesia, she is mistaken for Susan and must survive with Susan, Jim, her husband, and the mob - scrambling for the truth. Until Jims best friend comes to the rescue.


Books with substantial mentioning of Desperately Seeking Susan

Amy L. Unterburger (editor)
Women Filmmakers & Their Films
Detroit - New York - London, 1998

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1986, A Survey of the Films of 1985
Pasadena, California; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1986