Desperate Characters (film)

Desperate Characters
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrank D. Gilroy
Written byFrank D. Gilroy
Based onnovel Desperate Characters by Paula Fox
Produced byFrank D. Gilroy
StarringShirley MacLaine
Kenneth Mars
CinematographyUrs Furrer
Edited byRobert Q. Lovett
Music byRon Carter
Jim Hall
Lee Konitz
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • September 22, 1971 (1971-09-22)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$350,000[1]

Desperate Characters is a 1971 American drama film produced, written, and directed by Frank D. Gilroy, who based his screenplay on the 1970 novel of the same name by Paula Fox.

  1. ^ Lew Grade, Still Dancing: My Story, William Collins & Sons 1987 p 221