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Desperate Living (1977)

Directed by John Waters · Cinematography by Thomas Loizeaux

X90 min31 frames

ComedyCrime

After killing her husband, Peggy Gravel and her murderous maid Grizelda wind up in the crazy town of Mortville, where Queen Carlotta presides over a sleazy collection of misfits.

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