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Desperate Characters

Dir. Frank D. Gilroy·1971·1h 37m

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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Desperate Characters

Desperate Characters (1971)

Frank D. Gilroy

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1h 37m
Cross-source blend ~51/100

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Countries

United Kingdom, United States of America

Ratings

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5.1/10

8 votes

Rating consensus

51/100 blend

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Cooler blended reception — weighted ~51/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.

Cast

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

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Robert Bauer

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Michael Higgins

Francis Early

Michael McAloney

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Wallace Rooney

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