Desperate Characters

Desperate Characters

22/9/1971 1h 37m 4.9/10

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.

Director

Roberta Hodes

Top Billed Cast

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Sophie Bentwood

Chris Gampel

Mike Holstein

Kenneth Mars

Kenneth Mars

Otto Bentwood

Sada Thompson

Sada Thompson

Claire

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Charlie

Jack Somack

Jack Somack

Leon

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