Desperate Characters
1971-09-22 | 97 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Shirley MacLaineSophie Bentwood
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Kenneth MarsOtto Bentwood
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Sada ThompsonClaire
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Jack SomackLeon
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Gerald S. O'LoughlinCharlie
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Robert BauerYoung Man
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Carol KaneYoung Girl
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Michael HigginsFrancis Early
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Wallace RooneyMan on Subway
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Rose GregorioRuth
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Shauneille PerryWoman Doctor (as Shauneille Ryder)
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Patrick McVeyMr. Haynes
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