Cast & crew
Desperate Characters (1971)
Directed by Frank D. Gilroy Written by Frank D. Gilroy
Cast
| L. J. Davis | Tom |
| Patrick McVey | Haynes |
| Kenneth Mars | Otto |
| Nick Smith | The Woman |
| Jack Somack | Leon |
| Shauneille Perry | Ryder |
| Gerald S. O'Loughlin | Charlie |
| Mary Alan Hokanson | Holstein |
| Chris Gampel | Holstein |
| Robert Delbert | Hospital Well-Wisher |
| Robert Bauer | young Bell |
| Gonzalee Ford | Nurse |
| Michael Higgins | Early |
| Sada Thompson | Claire |
| Wallace Rooney | Subway Ghost |
| Michael McAloney | Raconteur |
| Shirley MacLaine | Sophie |
| Carol Kane | Topless Girl |
| Rose Gregorio | Ruth |
| Elena Karam | Saleslady |
Crew
| Norman I. Cohen | Assistant Director |
| Michael Haley | Assistant Production Manager |
| Rick Shaine | Assistant Editor |
| Lee Konitz | Original Music Composer |
| Ronald M. Lautore | Assistant Camera |
| Thomas Halpin | Sound Editor |
| Louis Gerolomi | Gaffer |
| Dick Vorisek | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| John H. Bolz | Sound Mixer |
| Jim Hall | Original Music Composer |
| Herbert F. Mulligan | Set Decoration |
| Adeline Leonard Seakwood | Production Secretary |
| Geraldine Fabrikant | Assistant Editor |
| Vic Ramos | Extras Casting |
| Paula Fox | Novel |
| Peggy Farrell | Wardrobe Master |
| Jack Dalton Jr. | Boom Operator |
| Urs Furrer | Director of Photography |
| Robert Reilly | Property Master |
| Sanford Rackow | Sound Editor |
| Frank D. Gilroy | Screenplay |
| Roberta Hodes | Script Supervisor |
| Sarah E. Gifft | Costume Design |
| Frank D. Gilroy | Director |
| Frank D. Gilroy | Producer |
| Robert Q. Lovett | Editor |
| James Giblin | Transportation Captain |
| Ron Carter | Original Music Composer |
| François Moullin | Assistant Director |
| Edgar Lansbury | Art Direction |
| Paul Leaf | Co-Producer |
| Louis S. Toth, Jr. | Grip |
| Norman I. Cohen | Production Manager |