Desperate Living (1977)
It isn't very pretty…
A rich housewife enlists her maid's help to murder her husband; they go on the lam and end up in Mortville, a homeless community built into a garbage dump.
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- $65K
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Top billed cast
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Mink StolePeggy GravelJean HillGrizelda Brown
Susan LoweMole McHenry
Liz RenayMuffy St. Jacques
Edith MasseyQueen Carlotta
Mary Vivian PearcePrincess Coo-CooBrook YeatonBosley Jr. (as Brook Blake)Karen GerwigBethJay AllanKidAl StrapelliDr. Evans
George StoverBosley GravelTurkey JoeMotorcycle CopKeywords
Movie DNA
Genre affinityComedy · Fantasy · CrimeTheme affinityHomeless Shelter · Cannibalism · CannibalDialogue densityComedyPacingShortDirector preference52735Actor preference287683 · 168825 · 277207
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What is Desperate Living about?
A rich housewife enlists her maid's help to murder her husband; they go on the lam and end up in Mortville, a homeless community built into a garbage dump.
How long is Desperate Living?
Desperate Living has a runtime of 90 minutes.
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