Desperate Characters
97 mins
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.
Chris Gampel
Mike Holstein
Mary Alan Hokanson
Flo Holstein
Michael McAloney
Raconteur
Elena Karam
Saleslady
Nick Smith
The Caller
Robert Delbert
Hospital Attendant
Gonzalee Ford
Nurse
L. J. Davis
Tom
Paul Leaf
Co-Producer
Sarah E. Gifft
Costume Design
Norman I. Cohen
Assistant Director
François Moullin
Assistant Director
Jack Dalton Jr.
Boom Operator
Adeline Leonard Seakwood
Production Secretary
John H. Bolz
Sound Mixer
Roberta Hodes
Script Supervisor
Louis Gerolomi
Gaffer
Ronald M. Lautore
Assistant Camera
Robert Reilly
Property Master
Peggy Farrell
Wardrobe Master
Vic Ramos
Extras Casting
James Giblin
Transportation Captain
Geraldine Fabrikant
Assistant Editor
Dick Vorisek
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Norman I. Cohen
Production Manager
Thomas Halpin
Sound Editor
Sanford Rackow
Sound Editor
Jim Hall
Original Music Composer
Urs Furrer
Director of Photography
Herbert F. Mulligan
Set Decoration
Paula Fox
Novel