Desperate Characters (1971)
1h 37m
Running Time
September 22, 1971Release Date
Desperate Characters (1971)
1h 37m
Running Time
September 22, 1971Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
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
Carol Kane
Young Girl
Michael Higgins
Francis Early
Michael Higgins
Francis Early
Michael McAloney
Raconteur
Frank D. Gilroy
Director
Wallace Rooney
Man on Subway
Paula Fox
Writer
Rose Gregorio
Ruth
Elena Karam
Saleslady
Nick Smith
The Caller
Robert Delbert
Hospital Attendant
Ron Carter
Composer
Jim Hall
Composer
Shauneille Perry
Woman Doctor (as Shauneille Ryder)
Lee Konitz
Composer
Gonzalee Ford
Nurse
Urs Furrer
Cinematographer
Patrick McVey
Mr. Haynes
Robert Q. Lovett
Editor
L. J. Davis
Tom
Vic Ramos
Extras Casting
Herbert F. Mulligan
Set Decoration
Rick Shaine
Assistant Editor
Dick Vorisek
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Haley
Assistant Production Manager
Sanford Rackow
Sound Editor
Peggy Farrell
Wardrobe Master
Edgar Lansbury
Art Direction
Paul Leaf
Co-Producer
Ronald M. Lautore
Assistant Camera
Roberta Hodes
Script Supervisor
James Giblin
Transportation Captain
John H. Bolz
Sound Mixer
François Moullin
Assistant Director
Louis S. Toth, Jr.
Grip
Norman I. Cohen
Production Manager / Assistant Director
Geraldine Fabrikant
Assistant Editor
Sarah E. Gifft
Costume Design
Adeline Leonard Seakwood
Production Secretary
Jack Dalton Jr.
Boom Operator
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 22, 1971
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Filming LocationsNew York City, United States of America
Genres
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Wiki.
Desperate Characters is a 1971 American drama film produced, written, and directed by Frank D. Gilroy, who based his screenplay on the 1970 novel of the same name by Paula Fox.