Desperate Characters
5.3
97 minutes
9/22/1971
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 List
Shirley MacLaine
as Sophie Bentwood
Kenneth Mars
as Otto Bentwood
Sada Thompson
as Claire
Jack Somack
as Leon
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
as Charlie
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