Cast & crew
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Directed by Susan Seidelman Written by Leora Barish
Cast
| Richard Edson | Buying Newspapers |
| Ann Magnuson | Topless Girl |
| Will Patton | Nolan |
| Steven Wright | Stillman |
| John Turturro | Ray Vale |
| Giancarlo Esposito | Street Drummer |
| Richard Hell | Meeker |
| Rockets Redglare | Taxi Racer |
| Annie Golden | Singer |
| Iris ChacĂłn Tapia | Singer |
| Shirley Stoler | Matron |
| J.B. Waters | Matron |
| Arto Lindsay | Store Clerk |
| Henry Adler | Magic |
| Marty Gold | Magic |
| Michael R. Chin | Choy |
| Patrick John Hurley | Policeman |
| Timothy Carhart | Musician Boyfriend |
| Richard S. Lowy | Hairdresser |
| Donna Ritchie | Tub |
| Kim Chan | Bum |
| Michael Badalucco | Brooklyn |
| Elie J. Boubli | "Mustard" Egyptian |
| Adele Bertei | Seedy Looking Prisoner |
| Peter Castellotti | Coffee Spiller |
| Wende Dasteel | Male Guest |
| Steve Eidel | Male Guest |
| Rosanna Arquette | Glass |
| Madonna | Lieutenant Dan's Fiancée, Susan |
| Aidan Quinn | Dez |
| Mark Blum | Glass |
| Robert Joy | Jim Olmeyer |
| Laurie Metcalf | Glass |
| Anna Thomson | Crystal |
| John Lurie | Neighbor |
| Peter Maloney | Ian |
| Anne Carlisle | Victoria Snelling |
| Victor Argo | Sgt. Taggart |
| José Angel Santana | Proprietaria boutique |
| Steve Bosh | Newscaster |
| Daisy Bradford | Daisy Werthan |
| Mary Joy | Cocktail Riad |
| Rosemary Hochschild | Cocktail Riad |
| Curt Dempster | Coffee Spiller |
| Shirley Kaplan | Waitress in Cafe |
| Lázaro Pérez | Enrique Goded |
| John Hoyt | Space Oddity |
| Gary Ray | Board Member |
| Gary Binkow | Board Member |
| Michael Bramon | Board Member |
| Joyce Griffen | Prostitute |
| Paul Austin | Policeman |
| Michael Kaufman | Male Guest |
| Ilene Kristen | Male Guest |
| Carol Leifer | Male Guest |
| Richard Portnow | Male Guest |
| Isabel GarcĂa Lorca | Male Guest |
| Tim Ransom | Baby Bellhop |
| Gilda Torterello | Max's Mom |
| Stanley Burns | Ventriloquist |
| Sandy Dell | Tub |
| Robert Dahdah | Line |
| Edward Galland | (uncredited) |
| Kevin Harris | (uncredited) |
| David Kellman | (uncredited) |
| Harsh Nayyar | (uncredited) |
| Robert Shafran | (uncredited) |
| Frank Stellato | (uncredited) |
| John Spacely | (uncredited) |
Crew
| Leora Barish | Writer |
| Shelley Houis | Production Office Coordinator |
| Melissa Stanton | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| William A. Campbell | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Francis Kenny | Camera Operator |
| Peter Odabashian | Sound Editor |
| Speed Hopkins | Art Direction |
| Tom Prate | Key Grip |
| James Fitzpatrick | Gaffer |
| Ray Quinlan | Gaffer |
| Edward Lachman | Director of Photography |
| Santo Loquasto | Production Design |
| Ira Hurvitz | Script Supervisor |
| Michael Peyser | Executive Producer |
| Timothy R. Sexton | Music Supervisor |
| George DeTitta Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Richard Dean | Makeup Artist |
| Jay Dranch | ADR Editor |
| Midge Sanford | Producer |
| Michael Peyser | Unit Production Manager |
| Danny Goldberg | Music Supervisor |
| Sarah Pillsbury | Producer |
| Madonna | Songs |
| Glenn Lloyd | Art Department Coordinator |
| David Dreyfuss | Second Assistant Director |
| Joel Tuber | First Assistant Director |
| Debbie Sarjeant | Second Assistant Camera |
| Todd M. Thaler | Additional Casting |
| Leslie Bloom | Property Master |
| Linda Murphy | Boom Operator |
| Mark Rathaus | Sound Editor |
| Susan Seidelman | Director |
| Julie Lamm | Post Production Accountant |
| Stuart Stanley | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Rocco Derasmo | Transportation Captain |
| Brunilda Torres | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Randall Coleman | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Kenton Jakub | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Lou Graf | Sound Editor |
| Louis Cerborino | Music Editor |
| Bruce Kitzmeyer | Foley Editor |
| Maurice Schell | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Thomas Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Mitch Dubin | First Assistant Camera |
| Andrew D. Schwartz | Still Photographer |
| Les Lazarowitz | Sound Mixer |
| Werner Sherer | Hairstylist |
| Billy Hopkins | Casting |
| Risa Bramon Garcia | Casting |
| Andrew Mondshein | Editor |