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Desperate Characters
1971, Sep 22
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.
Directed by
Frank D. Gilroy
Shirley MacLaine
Sophie Bentwood
Carol Kane
Young Girl
Kenneth Mars
Otto Bentwood
Rose Gregorio
Ruth
Jack Somack
Leon
Wallace Rooney
Man on Subway
Patrick McVey
Mr. Haynes
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Charlie
Robert Bauer
Young Man
Ron Carter
Sada Thompson
Claire
Michael Higgins
Francis Early
Lee Konitz
Chris Gampel
Mike Holstein
Mary Alan Hokanson
Flo Holstein
Michael McAloney
Raconteur
Elena Karam
Saleslady
Nick Smith
The Caller
Robert Delbert
Hospital Attendant
Gonzalee Ford
Nurse
L. J. Davis
Tom
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