Film
Desperate Characters
1971 · 1h 37m · Drama
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- 6.2
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Overview
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.
Cast
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
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Carol Kane
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Michael Higgins
Francis Early
Michael McAloney
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Wallace Rooney
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Rose Gregorio
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Elena Karam
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Nick Smith
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Robert Delbert
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Crew
- 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
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 22, 1971
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
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