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1977 | DIRECTED BY JOHN WATERS

Desperate Living

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Year
1977
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Liz Renay
Mink Stole
Susan Lowe
Edith Massey
Mary Vivian Pearce
Jean Hill
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Last viewed:
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Directed by
john waters John Waters
Starring
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
Dolores Deluce
Frank J. Butler
Frank Crivelli
Richard Ellsberry
Alan Reese

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Top Grossing Movie Chart Position
UK total gross
£0
17448
Female Trouble
17449
Desperate Living
17450
Polyester

Genres
Comedy
Comedy
Crime
Crime
Fantasy
Fantasy
Horror
Horror
Popular in these countries
  • Brazil Brazil
  • Vietnam Vietnam
  • United States United States
  • Hong Kong Hong Kong
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom
  • Ecuador Ecuador
News from around the web
Liberation for the Free City of Mortville: John Waters’s Desperate Living  Bright Wall/Dark Room Sat, 10th June 2023

Letter of Recommendation: John Waters’s ‘Desperate Living’ (Published 2020)  The New York Times Tue, 21st January 2020

The Moviegoer: Clowning around  Chicago Reader Wed, 21st May 2025

‘Delightfully deranged’: John Waters voices every character from his early movies in new audio book collection  Baltimore Fishbowl Mon, 29th September 2025

John Waters @ 75 : Desperate Living (1977)  The Film Experience Thu, 22nd April 2021

DESPERATE LIVING  Film Forum Mon, 22nd January 2024

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