Desperate Characters
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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.
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Cast
20 people
Shirley MacLaine
Sophie Bentwood
Known for
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Apartment
Kenneth Mars
Otto Bentwood
Known for
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid
Sada Thompson
Claire
Known for
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Pollock
Jack Somack
Leon
Known for
The Frisco Kid
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Charlie
Known for
Automan
In Cold Blood
Chris Gampel
Mike Holstein
Known for
Death Wish
The Changeling
Mary Alan Hokanson
Flo Holstein
Known for
Them!
Arthur
Robert Bauer
Young Man
Also in
Twin Peaks
Flying Blind
Carol Kane
Young Girl
Known for
Hunters
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Michael Higgins
Francis Early
Known for
The Conversation
Angel Heart
Michael McAloney
Raconteur
Wallace Rooney
Man on Subway
Also in
The Exorcist
The Gun
Frank D. Gilroy Director · Paula Fox Author Ron Carter Composer
Budget $250K · United States release September 22, 1971 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$250,000
Production
T.D.J. Productions Inc.
Production
ITC Entertainment
Production
Paramount Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · July 5, 1971
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
United States · September 22, 1971
Theatrical
Canada
October 7, 1971 · Theatrical
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