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Desperate Characters (1971)

Directed by Frank D. Gilroy

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.

Length 97 minutes

Actors

Shirley MacLaine | Kenneth Mars | Sada Thompson | Jack Somack | Gerald S. O'Loughlin | Chris Gampel | Mary Alan Hokanson | Robert Bauer | Carol Kane | Michael Higgins | Michael McAloney | Wallace Rooney | Rose Gregorio | Elena Karam | Nick Smith | Robert Delbert | Shauneille Perry | Gonzalee Ford | Patrick McVey | L. J. Davis