Sophie en Otto Bentwood zijn een getrouwd echtpaar met de nodige problemen. Sophie belandt in een sociale angst en haar Otto is geobsedeerd door zijn werk en kijkt op haar neer. Hun vrienden lijken Sophie te negeren en niemand laat haar aan het woord. De twee trachten de spanningen tevergeefs op te lossen met bezoekjes aan oude vrienden en een picknick.
Nee, helaas is Desperate Characters nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Paul Leaf | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sarah E. Gifft | Costume Design |
| Writing | Frank D. Gilroy | Screenplay |
| Directing | Norman I. Cohen | Assistant Director |
| Directing | François Moullin | Assistant Director |
| Production | Michael Haley | Assistant Production Manager |
| Directing | Roberta Hodes | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Ronald M. Lautore | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Adeline Leonard Seakwood | Production Secretary |
| Sound | John H. Bolz | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Jack Dalton Jr. | Boom Operator |
| Lighting | Louis Gerolomi | Gaffer |
| Camera | Louis S. Toth, Jr. | Grip |
| Art | Robert Reilly | Property Master |
| Crew | James Giblin | Transportation Captain |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peggy Farrell | Wardrobe Master |
| Production | Vic Ramos | Extras Casting |
| Editing | Geraldine Fabrikant | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Rick Shaine | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Thomas Halpin | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Sanford Rackow | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Dick Vorisek | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Norman I. Cohen | Production Manager |
| Sound | Ron Carter | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jim Hall | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Lee Konitz | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Frank D. Gilroy | Producer |
| Camera | Urs Furrer | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert Q. Lovett | Editor |
| Art | Edgar Lansbury | Art Direction |
| Art | Herbert F. Mulligan | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Frank D. Gilroy | Director |
| Writing | Paula Fox | Novel |
