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Desperate Characters

19711h 37m5.1/ 10 · TMDB · 8 votes
Drama

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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Directed by Frank D. Gilroy

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine

Sophie Bentwood

Kenneth Mars
Kenneth Mars

Otto Bentwood

Sada Thompson
Sada Thompson

Claire

Jack Somack
Jack Somack

Leon

Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Charlie

Chris Gampel

Mike Holstein

Mary Alan Hokanson

Flo Holstein

Robert Bauer
Robert Bauer

Young Man

Carol Kane
Carol Kane

Young Girl

Michael Higgins

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Film details

Released22 Sept 1971
Original languageEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
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Michael Higgins

Francis Early

Michael McAloney

Raconteur

Wallace Rooney
Wallace Rooney

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