Een wanhopig leven is het in het stadje Mortville, waar koningin Carlotta boosaardig de scepter zwaait. De onderdanen hebben iets vreselijks op hun geweten en worden daarvoor gestraft, totdat ze in opstand tegen hun vorstin komen.
Nee, helaas is Desperate Living nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | John Waters | Director |
| Writing | John Waters | Writer |
| Production | James McKenzie | Associate Producer |
| Production | William Platt | Associate Producer |
| Production | David Spencer | Associate Producer |
| Camera | John Waters | Additional Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Mason | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jon Aaron | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Celeste Hall | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Production | Robert Maier | Unit Manager |
| Production | Pat Moran | Production Manager |
| Art | Dolores DeLuce | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Vincent Peranio | Set Designer |
| Art | Ed Peranio | Assistant Set Designer |
| Art | Steve Parker | Assistant Set Designer |
| Production | John Waters | Producer |
| Sound | Chris Lobinger | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Thomas Loizeaux | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Charles Roggero | Editor |
| Art | Vincent Peranio | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Van Smith | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Van Smith | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Robert Maier | Sound |
| Crew | Ed Peranio | Special Effects |
| Crew | Tom Watkins | Special Effects |
| Art | Alan Rose | Title Designer |
