Desperate Characters
22/09/1971
2h



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
Chris Gampel
Mike Holstein
Mary Alan Hokanson
Flo Holstein


Robert Bauer
Young Man


Carol Kane
Young Girl


Michael Higgins
Francis Early
Michael McAloney
Raconteur


Wallace Rooney
Man on Subway


Rose Gregorio
Ruth
Elena Karam
Saleslady
Nick Smith
The Caller
Robert Delbert
Hospital Attendant
Shauneille Perry
Woman Doctor (as Shauneille Ryder)
Gonzalee Ford
Nurse


Patrick McVey
Mr. Haynes
L. J. Davis
Tom
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