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Desperate Characters

Drama1h 37m

🍅45%

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45%

Tomatometer

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45%

Popcornmeter

5.1

TMDB

Storyline

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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Details

DirectorFrank D. Gilroy

ReleasedSep 22, 1971

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Studios

T.D.J. Productions Inc.

ITC Entertainment

Cast

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Sophie Bentwood

Kenneth Mars

Kenneth Mars

Otto Bentwood

Sada Thompson

Sada Thompson

Claire

Jack Somack

Jack Somack

Leon

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Charlie

Chris Gampel

Mike Holstein

Mary Alan Hokanson

Flo Holstein

Robert Bauer

Robert Bauer

Young Man

Carol Kane

Carol Kane

Young Girl

Michael Higgins

Michael Higgins

Francis Early

Michael McAloney

Raconteur

Wallace Rooney

Wallace Rooney

Man on Subway

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Reviews

4 reviews · 3 critics

3 fresh · 0 rotten

R

Roger Ebert

RTChicago Sun-TimesNov 2, 2018

The movie's characters are decent people, but morally exhausted. They have no way or desire to keep going; yet they hang on raggedly to a city existence that's taken any sense of balance or sanity.

D

Dohoro

RTLos Angeles Free PressJan 9, 2020

The film is a little masterpiece of mood and message.

T

Tony Mastroianni

RTCleveland PressNov 15, 2018

Miss MacLaine, cast against type, offers an intelligent, quiet performance, indicating moods with a look, a glance or the way she walks.

R

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Information

Title

Desperate Characters

Released

Sep 22, 1971

Rated

Not rated

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 37m

Status

Released

Studios

T.D.J. Productions Inc., ITC Entertainment

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