Desperate Characters
(1971)

Released: 1971-09-22

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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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Shirley MacLaine

as Sophie Bentwood

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Kenneth Mars

as Otto Bentwood

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Mary Alan Hokanson

as Flo Holstein

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Robert Bauer

as Young Man

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Carol Kane

as Young Girl

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Michael Higgins

as Francis Early

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Wallace Rooney

as Man on Subway

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Nick Smith

as The Caller

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Robert Delbert

as Hospital Attendant

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Shauneille Perry

as Woman Doctor (as Shauneille Ryder)

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Paul Leaf

Co-Producer

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Sarah E. Gifft

Costume Design

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Norman I. Cohen

Assistant Director

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François Moullin

Assistant Director

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Michael Haley

Assistant Production Manager

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Roberta Hodes

Script Supervisor

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Ronald M. Lautore

Assistant Camera

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Adeline Leonard Seakwood

Production Secretary

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John H. Bolz

Sound Mixer

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James Giblin

Transportation Captain

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Peggy Farrell

Wardrobe Master

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Vic Ramos

Extras Casting

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Geraldine Fabrikant

Assistant Editor

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Rick Shaine

Assistant Editor

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Thomas Halpin

Sound Editor

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