DESPERATE LIVING

Details

• Release Year: 1977
• Genre: Comedy; Crime
• Plot: Things get rocky at the Gravel household, when paranoid Pegge Gravel (Mink Stole) and her murderous maid Grizelda (Jean Hill) kill Peggy's husband. They escape from the law, only to wind up in the crazy town of Mortville, where Queen carlotta (Edith Massey) presides over a sleazy collection of misfits, including the vivacious Muffy St. Jacques (Liz Renay). When the Queen disinherits her daughter, Princess Coo-Coo (Mary Vivian Pearce), the citizens of Mortville decide that it's time for a few changes!
• Cast: Liz Renay; Mink Stole; Susan Lowe; Edith Massey; Mary Vivian Pearce; Jean Hill; Brook Yeaton; Karen Gerwig; Jay Allan; Al Strapelli; George Stover; Turkey Joe; Willie Brooks; James Yeaton; Ed Peranio; Steve Butow; Channing Wilroy; Steve Parker; Pete Denzer; Chuck Yeaton; David Klein; Ralph Crocker; Peter Koper; Sally Albaugh; Kenny Orye; Warren Newcomb; Roland Hertz; Pirie Woods; Damien Overholser; Ed Butner; H.C. Kliemisch; Paul Swift; George Figgs; Marina Melin; Cookie Mueller; Pat Moran; Sharon Niesp; George Hulse; Delores Delux; Frank J. Butler; Richard Ellsberry; Alan Reese; John Waters
• Director: John Waters
• Runtime: 1:31
• Company: New Line Home Entertainment, Alliance Atlantis
• Media Format: Movie