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 : N/A | Popularity : 9%

Kenneth Mars

Otto Bentwood

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Sada Thompson

Claire

Age : 83 | Popularity : 26%

Jack Somack

Leon

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Charlie

Age : 93 | Popularity : 32%

Chris Gampel

Mike Holstein

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Mary Alan Hokanson

Flo Holstein

Age : 77 | Popularity : 19%

Robert Bauer

Young Man

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Crew

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

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