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 |
| Production | James McKenzie | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Mason | Hairstylist |
| Writing | John Waters | Writer |
| Art | Steve Parker | Assistant Set Designer |
| Art | Vincent Peranio | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Celeste Hall | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jon Aaron | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Production | Robert Maier | Unit Manager |
| Art | Ed Peranio | Assistant Set Designer |
| Production | David Spencer | Associate Producer |
| Production | Pat Moran | Production Manager |
| Art | Dolores DeLuce | Assistant Art Director |
| Production | William Platt | Associate Producer |
| Camera | John Waters | Additional Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Van Smith | Costume Design |
| Editing | Charles Roggero | Editor |
| Camera | Thomas Loizeaux | Director of Photography |
| Art | Vincent Peranio | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Van Smith | Makeup Artist |
| Production | John Waters | Producer |
| Sound | Chris Lobinger | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Robert Maier | Sound |
| Crew | Ed Peranio | Special Effects |
| Crew | Tom Watkins | Special Effects |
| Art | Alan Rose | Title Designer |
