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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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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1971-09-22
- video_camera_front Companies T.D.J. Productions Inc., ITC Entertainment
- timer Runtime: 97 Mins
- star Rating: 5.3 / 10
- favorite Likes: 6 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0066986
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Shirley MacLaine
Sophie Bentwood
Kenneth Mars
Otto Bentwood
Sada Thompson
Claire
Jack Somack
Leon
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Charlie
Chris Gampel
Mike Holstein
Mary Alan Hokanson
Flo Holstein
Robert Bauer
Young Man
Carol Kane
Young Girl
Michael Higgins
Francis Early
Michael McAloney
Raconteur
Wallace Rooney
Man on Subway
Rose Gregorio
Ruth
Elena Karam
Saleslady
Nick Smith
The Caller
Robert Delbert
Hospital Attendant
Shauneille Perry
Woman Doctor (as Shauneille Ryder)
Gonzalee Ford
Nurse
Patrick McVey
Mr. Haynes
L. J. Davis
Tom
groups Crew
Paul Leaf
Co-Producer
Sarah E. Gifft
Costume Design
Norman I. Cohen
Assistant Director
Frank D. Gilroy
Screenplay
François Moullin
Assistant Director
Jack Dalton Jr.
Boom Operator
Adeline Leonard Seakwood
Production Secretary
John H. Bolz
Sound Mixer
Michael Haley
Assistant Production Manager
Roberta Hodes
Script Supervisor
Louis Gerolomi
Gaffer
Louis S. Toth, Jr.
Grip
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
Rick Shaine
Assistant Editor
Thomas Halpin
Sound Editor
Sanford Rackow
Sound Editor
Lee Konitz
Original Music Composer
Ron Carter
Original Music Composer
Jim Hall
Original Music Composer
Urs Furrer
Director of Photography
Frank D. Gilroy
Producer
Herbert F. Mulligan
Set Decoration
Robert Q. Lovett
Editor
Edgar Lansbury
Art Direction
Frank D. Gilroy
Director
Paula Fox
Novel
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