Desperate Characters
movie
Released September 22, 1971
Genres:
Overview
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.
Cast
Shirley MacLaine
as
Sophie Bentwood
Kenneth Mars
as
Otto Bentwood
Sada Thompson
as
Claire
Jack Somack
as
Leon
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
as
Charlie
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Chris Gampel
as
Mike Holstein
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Mary Alan Hokanson
as
Flo Holstein
Robert Bauer
as
Young Man
Carol Kane
as
Young Girl
Michael Higgins
as
Francis Early
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Michael McAloney
as
Raconteur
Wallace Rooney
as
Man on Subway
Crew
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Paul Leaf
as
Co-Producer
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Sarah E. Gifft
as
Costume Design
Frank D. Gilroy
as
Screenplay
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Norman I. Cohen
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Assistant Director
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François Moullin
as
Assistant Director
Michael Haley
as
Assistant Production Manager
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Roberta Hodes
as
Script Supervisor
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Ronald M. Lautore
as
Assistant Camera
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Adeline Leonard Seakwood
as
Production Secretary
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John H. Bolz
as
Sound Mixer
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Jack Dalton Jr.
as
Boom Operator
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Louis Gerolomi
as
Gaffer