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Desperate Living

Directed by John Waters
1979    90m    R
Comedy, Crime, Fantasy,
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A rich housewife murders her husband with her overweight maid's help and the two go on the run, ending up in Mortville, a town that provides refuge for criminals. They shack up with a lesbian ex-wrestler and her murderess lover before running into the tyrannical Queen Carlotta, ruler of Mortville.
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Cast of Desperate Living
  • Mink StolePeggy Gravel
  • Jean HillGrizelda Brown
  • Susan LoweMole McHenry
  • Liz RenayMuffy St. Jacques
  • Edith MasseyQueen Carlotta
  • Mary Vivian PearcePrincess Coo-Coo
  • Brook YeatonBosley Jr. (as Brook Blake)
  • Karen GerwigBeth
  • Jay AllanKid
  • Al StrapelliDr. Evans
  • George StoverBosley Gravel
  • Turkey JoeMotorcycle Cop
  • Willie BrooksPieman
  • James YeatonDead Bum
  • Ed PeranioLieutenant Wilson
  • Steve ButowLt. Grogan
  • Pirie WoodsBabysitter
  • H.C. KliemischBig Jimmy Dong
  • Paul SwiftMr. Paul
  • George FiggsHerbert
  • Marina MelinShina
  • Cookie MuellerFlipper
  • Pat MoranBathroom Pervert
  • George HulseSex Change Doctor
  • Dolores DeLuceNurse
  • Channing WilroyLieutenant Wilson
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