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Desperate Characters

1971·1h 37m·Drama
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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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DirectorFrank D. Gilroy
WriterFrank D. Gilroy
Release dateSeptember 22, 1971
Runtime1h 37m
LanguageEnglish

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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...

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Desperate Characters was directed by Frank D. Gilroy and released in 1971. It stars Shirley MacLaine, Kenneth Mars and Sada Thompson.

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