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    Return to Mortville

    14'

    2026-06-23

    1

    Documentary

    Overview:

    Special feature from Criterion’s release of Desperate Living, where writer-director John Waters tours the Baltimore location that served as the site of Mortville, the twisted penal colony inhabited by fugitives, outcasts, and deviants – including hysterical housewife Peggy Gravel and her fed-up housekeeper – and presided over by the despotic Queen Carlotta.

    Cast

    3

    Self

    John Waters

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Mink Stole

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Susan Lowe

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Mary Vivian Pearce

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Jean Hill

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Edith Massey

    N/A

    Self (archive footage)

    Liz Renay

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    Vincent Peranio

    Details:

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      1. List of languages:
        1. English
      2. List of companies:
        1. The Criterion Collection
      3. Vote Count: 1
      4. Popularity: 0.4662
      5. Status: Released
      6. Original title:Return to Mortville

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