Compromising Positions
Directed by	Frank Perry
Produced by	Salah M. Hassanein, Frank Perry
Written by	Susan Isaacs (also novel)
Starring	Susan Sarandon Raúl Juliá Edward Herrmann Joe Mantegna
Music by	Brad Fiedel
Cinematography	Barry Sonnenfeld
Editing by	Peter Frank
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	August 30, 1985
Running time	99 min
Country	USA
Language	English

Compromising Positions is a 1985 film released by Paramount. The screenplay, by Susan Isaacs, was adapted from her 1978 detective novel. The plot concerns a Long Island housewife and former journalist who becomes involved in a murder investigation. The film stars Susan Sarandon, Raúl Juliá, Judith Ivey, Edward Herrmann, Mary Beth Hurt, Joe Mantegna, Deborah Rush, Anne DeSalvo, and Josh Mostel. Joan Allen has a small role.

The film is reviewed, favourably, in Pauline Kael's ninth collection of movie reviews Hooked. She is especially complimentary about Susan Sarandon's performance. "The screenplay provides a batch of actresses with a chance to show some comic verve. Susan Sarandon's smile has never been more incredibly lush, and she does some inspired double takes - just letting her beautiful dark eyes pop." "It's fun to have a movie about a woman whose curiosity is her salvation."

[edit] External links

• Compromising Positions at the Internet Movie Database
• Compromising Positions at Allmovie

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