Drama
Desperate Characters
User Score7 votes
49%4.9/10
Release1971→
Runtime1H 37M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
Shirley MacLaine
Sophie Bentwood
Kenneth Mars
Otto Bentwood
Sada Thompson
Claire
Jack Somack
Leon
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Charlie
Chris Gampel
Mike Holstein
Mary Alan Hokanson
Flo Holstein
Robert Bauer
Young Man
Media14
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Director
Frank D. Gilroy
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Keywords
depressionnew york cityhusband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookmidlife crisisdespairboredomparanoiafrigidityvandalismchildlessnessmiddle classloveless marriageanxiety
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Countries:United KingdomUnited States of America
Production:T.D.J. Productions Inc.ITC Entertainment