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Desperate Living

“It isn't very pretty…”

May 27, 19771h 31m
ComedyCrime

63%

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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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