Desperate Living (1977) is a film by Baltimore, Maryland filmmaker John Waters starring Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey, Mary Vivian Pearce, and Jean Hill.
Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole), a neurotic, delusional, suburban housewife, and her overweight maid Grizelda (Jean Hill) go on the lam after they murder Peggy's husband, Bosley (George Stover). The two are arrested by a policeman (Turkey Joe) who gives them an ultimatum: go to jail ...
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Desperate Living (1977) is a film by Baltimore, Maryland filmmaker John Waters starring Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, Edith Massey, Mary Vivian Pearce, and Jean Hill.
Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole), a neurotic, delusional, suburban housewife, and her overweight maid Grizelda (Jean Hill) go on the lam after they murder Peggy's husband, Bosley (George Stover). The two are arrested by a policeman (Turkey Joe) who gives them an ultimatum: go to jail or be exiled to Mortville, a filthy shantytown ruled by the evil Queen Carlotta (Edith Massey) and her treasonous daughter, Princess Coo-Coo (Mary Vivian Pearce).
Peggy and Grizelda choose Mortville, but still engage in lesbian prison sex. They become associates of self-hating lesbian wrestler Mole McHenry (Susan Lowe), who wants a sex change to please her lover, Muffy St. Jacques (Liz Renay). Most of Mortville's social outcasts — criminals, nudists, and sexual deviants — conspire to overthrow Queen Carlotta, who banishes her daughter after...
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