Desperate Characters
1971 · 97 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 356 VOTES · DIR. Frank D. Gilroy
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,180 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:04 Remember the hat?
00:04:26 Yes, I guess.
00:08:18 What are you talking about catholics?
00:10:58 A very gentile party.
00:14:10 Did you know that when cervantes wanted to come to the new world
00:18:19 What are you thinking about?
00:21:28 First thing in the morning, we'll drive up to pelham
00:25:17 There's a place.
00:28:08 The culture business
00:31:46 Come on. Not with that man lying out there.
00:35:30 Ruth?
00:38:36 She waits for him behind the door every night stark naked.
00:41:00 By a teacher who wants to advance herself
00:44:01 Reading on the subway.
00:46:42 Don't touch them.
00:50:09 You've got to season this one.
00:56:26 And that he suspected I was having personal problems
00:59:34 I went up there. Yeah, they're always-
01:03:44 Roll up your sleeve, honey.
01:07:43 There you go. Here.
01:11:22 But the man asked me if I wanted it back later
01:15:23 Bastard. I couldn't see him.
01:20:06 Yes, and everything looked fine.
01:26:15 Not yet. Come on.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,180
Dialogue density12.2 lines / min
First line00:02:04
Final line01:26:15
Production Record
DirectorFrank D. Gilroy
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes356