Desperate Characters

Desperate Characters

97 mins | Drama | Sept. 22, 1971

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.

Desperate Characters

97 mins | Drama | Sept. 22, 1971

Desperate Characters
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Alliance, Incorporated Television Company (ITC), T.D.J. Productions Inc.
Original title Desperate Characters
Directors Norman I. Cohen, François Moullin, Roberta Hodes, Frank D. Gilroy
Writers Paula Fox, Frank D. Gilroy

Cast

Shirley MacLaine

as Sophie Bentwood

Kenneth Mars

as Otto Bentwood

Sada Thompson

as Claire

Jack Somack

as Leon

Chris Gampel

as Mike Holstein

Mary Alan Hokanson

as Flo Holstein

Robert Bauer

as Young Man

Carol Kane

as Young Girl

Michael Higgins

as Francis Early

Michael McAloney

as Raconteur

Wallace Rooney

as Man on Subway

Rose Gregorio

as Ruth

Elena Karam

as Saleslady

Nick Smith

as The Caller

Robert Delbert

as Hospital Attendant

Shauneille Perry

as Woman Doctor (as Shauneille Ryder)

Gonzalee Ford

as Nurse

Patrick McVey

as Mr. Haynes

L. J. Davis

as Tom