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Desperate Characters (1971)
Directed by Frank D. Gilroy
Drama · 1h 37m
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
C
Chris Gampel
Mike Holstein
M
Mary Alan Hokanson
Flo Holstein
Robert Bauer
Young Man
Carol Kane
Young Girl
Michael Higgins
Francis Early
M
Michael McAloney
Raconteur
Wallace Rooney
Man on Subway
Crew
- Director
- Frank D. Gilroy
- Screenplay
- Frank D. Gilroy
- Novel
- Paula Fox
- Director of Photography
- Urs Furrer
- Original Music Composer
- Lee Konitz, Ron Carter, Jim Hall
- Editor
- Robert Q. Lovett
- Producer
- Frank D. Gilroy
Details
- Release date
- 1971-09-22
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- T.D.J. Productions Inc., ITC Entertainment