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Desperate Characters

Desperate Characters

Sophie and Otto Bentwood are a middle-aged, middle class, childless Brooklyn Heights couple trapped in a loveless marriage. He is an attorney, she a translator of books. Their existence is affected not only by their disintegrating relationship but by the threats of urban crime and vandalism that surround them everywhere they turn, leaving them feeling paranoid, scared, and desperately helpless.

Drama

Release: 1971-09-22Runtime: 97 minRating: 4.9 (7)

Cast

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Sophie Bentwood

Kenneth Mars

Kenneth Mars

Otto Bentwood

Sada Thompson

Sada Thompson

Claire

Jack Somack

Jack Somack

Leon

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Charlie

Chris Gampel

Mike Holstein

Mary Alan Hokanson

Flo Holstein

Robert Bauer

Robert Bauer

Young Man

Carol Kane

Carol Kane

Young Girl

Michael Higgins

Michael Higgins

Francis Early

Crew

Paul Leaf

Co-Producer

Sarah E. Gifft

Costume Design

Frank D. Gilroy

Frank D. Gilroy

Screenplay

Norman I. Cohen

Assistant Director

François Moullin

Assistant Director

Michael Haley

Michael Haley

Assistant Production Manager

Roberta Hodes

Script Supervisor

Ronald M. Lautore

Assistant Camera

Adeline Leonard Seakwood

Production Secretary

John H. Bolz

Sound Mixer