Desperate Characters
Sep 22, 1971 · 1h 37m · Drama
⭐ 4.9· 7 votes
Director Frank D. Gilroy
Writer Frank D. Gilroy
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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.
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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
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
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