Desperate Characters

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Shirley MacLaine

Sophie Bentwood

Age : 90 | Popularity : 17%

Kenneth Mars

Otto Bentwood

Age : 75 | Popularity : 11%

Sada Thompson

Claire

Age : 83 | Popularity : 5%

Jack Somack

Leon

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Charlie

Age : 93 | Popularity : 5%

Chris Gampel

Mike Holstein

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Mary Alan Hokanson

Flo Holstein

Age : 77 | Popularity : 5%

Robert Bauer

Young Man

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Extras Casting	Vic Ramos
	Assistant Production Manager	Michael Haley
	Producer	Frank D. Gilroy
	Co-Producer	Paul Leaf
	Production Manager	Norman I. Cohen
	Production Secretary	Adeline Leonard Seakwood
Art	Set Decoration	Herbert F. Mulligan
	Art Direction	Edgar Lansbury
	Property Master	Robert Reilly
Editing	Assistant Editor	Rick Shaine Geraldine Fabrikant
	Editor	Robert Q. Lovett
Camera	Director of Photography	Urs Furrer
	Assistant Camera	Ronald M. Lautore
	Grip	Louis S. Toth, Jr.
Sound	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Dick Vorisek
	Sound Editor	Sanford Rackow Thomas Halpin
	Original Music Composer	Ron Carter Lee Konitz Jim Hall
	Sound Mixer	John H. Bolz
	Boom Operator	Jack Dalton Jr.
Writing	Screenplay	Frank D. Gilroy
	Novel	Paula Fox
Directing	Director	Frank D. Gilroy
	Script Supervisor	Roberta Hodes
	Assistant Director	François Moullin Norman I. Cohen
Costume & Make-Up	Wardrobe Master	Peggy Farrell
	Costume Design	Sarah E. Gifft
Crew	Transportation Captain	James Giblin
Lighting	Gaffer	Louis Gerolomi
Department	Role	Name

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