Desperate Characters

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MOVIE

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.

Release Date

1971-09-22

Year

1971

Duration

1h 37m

Status

Released

Score

4.90

Genres

#depression#new-york-city#husband-wife-relationship#based-on-novel-or-book#midlife-crisis#despair#boredom#paranoia#frigidity#vandalism#childlessness#middle-class#loveless-marriage#anxiety

Cast

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Sophie Bentwood

Kenneth Mars

Kenneth Mars

Otto Bentwood

Sada Thompson

Sada Thompson

Claire

Jack Somack

Jack Somack

Leon

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Charlie

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Chris Gampel

Mike Holstein

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Mary Alan Hokanson

Flo Holstein

Robert Bauer

Robert Bauer

Young Man

Carol Kane

Carol Kane

Young Girl

Michael Higgins

Michael Higgins

Francis Early