Desperate Living
6.31977Comedy · Crime
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Female Trouble
“Nice girls don't wear cha-cha heels.”
6.9(240)19761h 38mReleasedMovie
Teenage delinquent Dawn Davenport, incensed after her parents do not give her the cha-cha heels she wanted for Christmas, runs away from home. After an illegitimate child and hairstylist husband bring her more misery, she's enticed into a life of crime when the owners of her husband's salon promise her fame and fortune.
Top Billed Cast
Divine
Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson
David Lochary
Donald Dasher
Mary Vivian Pearce
Donna Dasher
Mink Stole
Taffy Davenport
Edith Massey
Aunt Ida
Cookie Mueller
Concetta
Susan Walsh
Chicklette
Michael Potter
Gater
Ed Peranio
Wink
Paul Swift
Butterfly
George Figgs
Dribbles
Susan Lowe
Vikki
George Hulse
Teacher
Margie Skidmore
School Snitch
Berenica Cipcus
Mean Girl
Betty Woods
Dawn's Mother
Roland Hertz
Dawn's Father
Ramsey McClean
Baby
Production Details
Release Date
1976-02-15
Runtime
98 min
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$0M
Revenue
$0M
Director
John Waters
Writers
John Waters
Production Companies
Dreamland
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