Desperate Characters

Running 1h 37m and made in the United States, Desperate Characters (1971) is a Drama film in the 123movies catalog. The cast includes Shirley MacLaine and Kenneth Mars; Frank D. Gilroy directs. 8 votes put it at 5.1/10. 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.