Film

Desperate Characters

1971 · 1h 37m · Drama

IMDb

6.2

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.

Shirley MacLaine

Sophie Bentwood

Kenneth Mars

Otto Bentwood

Sada Thompson

Claire

Jack Somack

Leon

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Charlie

Chris Gampel

Mike Holstein

Mary Alan Hokanson

Flo Holstein

Robert Bauer

Young Man

Carol Kane

Young Girl

Michael Higgins

Francis Early

Michael McAloney

Raconteur

Wallace Rooney

Man on Subway

Rose Gregorio

Ruth

Elena Karam

Saleslady

Nick Smith

The Caller

Robert Delbert

Hospital Attendant

• Frank D. GilroyScreenplay · Producer · Director
• Paula FoxNovel
• Urs FurrerDirector of Photography
• Lee KonitzOriginal Music Composer
• Ron CarterOriginal Music Composer
• Jim HallOriginal Music Composer
• Robert Q. LovettEditor

Release date

September 22, 1971

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Drama

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