Desperate Characters

Directed by Frank D. Gilroy

Written by Frank D. Gilroy, Paula Fox

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

Sophie Bentwood

Kenneth Mars

Otto Bentwood

Sada Thompson

Claire

Jack Somack

Leon

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Charlie

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Chris Gampel

Mike Holstein

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Mary Alan Hokanson

Flo Holstein

Robert Bauer

Young Man

Carol Kane

Young Girl

Michael Higgins

Francis Early

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Michael McAloney

Raconteur

Wallace Rooney

Man on Subway