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 |
| Directing | Norman I. Cohen | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Frank D. Gilroy | Screenplay |
| Directing | François Moullin | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jack Dalton Jr. | Boom Operator |
| Production | Adeline Leonard Seakwood | Production Secretary |
| Sound | John H. Bolz | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Michael Haley | Assistant Production Manager |
| Directing | Roberta Hodes | Script Supervisor |
| Lighting | Louis Gerolomi | Gaffer |
| Camera | Louis S. Toth, Jr. | Grip |
| Camera | Ronald M. Lautore | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Robert Reilly | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peggy Farrell | Wardrobe Master |
| Production | Vic Ramos | Extras Casting |
| Crew | James Giblin | Transportation Captain |
| Editing | Geraldine Fabrikant | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Dick Vorisek | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Norman I. Cohen | Production Manager |
| Editing | Rick Shaine | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Thomas Halpin | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Sanford Rackow | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Lee Konitz | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Ron Carter | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jim Hall | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Urs Furrer | Director of Photography |
| Production | Frank D. Gilroy | Producer |
| Art | Herbert F. Mulligan | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Robert Q. Lovett | Editor |
| Art | Edgar Lansbury | Art Direction |
| Directing | Frank D. Gilroy | Director |
| Writing | Paula Fox | Novel |
