Desperate Characters (1971)

09/22/1971 (GB) • 1h 37m

Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

Shirley MacLaine

Sophie Bentwood

Kenneth Mars

Otto Bentwood

Chris Gampel

Mike Holstein

Mary Alan Hokanson

Flo Holstein

Robert Bauer

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Carol Kane

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

depression

new york city

husband wife relationship

based on novel or book

midlife crisis

despair

boredom

paranoia

frigidity

vandalism

childlessness

middle class

loveless marriage

anxiety

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