
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.
Desperate Characters
September 22, 1971
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Cast (20)

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
Crew (33)
Directing

Frank D. Gilroy
Director

Norman I. Cohen
Assistant Director

François Moullin
Assistant Director

Roberta Hodes
Script Supervisor
Writing

Frank D. Gilroy
Screenplay

Paula Fox
Novel
Production

Michael Haley
Assistant Production Manager

Vic Ramos
Extras Casting

Frank D. Gilroy
Producer

Paul Leaf
Co-Producer

Norman I. Cohen
Production Manager

Adeline Leonard Seakwood
Production Secretary
Sound

Ron Carter
Original Music Composer

Dick Vorisek
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sanford Rackow
Sound Editor

Thomas Halpin
Sound Editor

Jack Dalton Jr.
Boom Operator

John H. Bolz
Sound Mixer

Jim Hall
Original Music Composer

Lee Konitz
Original Music Composer
Art
Camera
Costume & Make-Up

Sarah E. Gifft
Costume Design

Peggy Farrell
Wardrobe Master
Crew

James Giblin
Transportation Captain
Editing
Lighting

Louis Gerolomi
Gaffer