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Desperate Characters
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September 22, 1971
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Drama
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.
Featured Crew
Paul Leaf
Co-Producer
Sarah E. Gifft
Costume Design
Adeline Leonard Seakwood
Production Secretary
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Cast
![Shirley MacLaine](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//mpW9c34IAFPW0ODuKR8J0FAqN5i.jpg)
Shirley MacLaine
Sophie Bentwood
![Kenneth Mars](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//5ueZGenOr87KfMENzffdtGn3AQ9.jpg)
Kenneth Mars
Otto Bentwood
![Sada Thompson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//2tSgEpYRbiUZ8xxQiyu99XrS5YX.jpg)
Sada Thompson
Claire
![Jack Somack](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//3oMzRrODw9HAb411tYwZLaXTjoI.jpg)
Jack Somack
Leon
![Gerald S. O'Loughlin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//oOETvtYCturbIwoyWFdN9fpCwBl.jpg)
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Charlie