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Return to Mortville

Return to Mortville

1.0(1)

14m

2026

Released

en

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.

Release Date

June 23, 2026

Production

The Criterion Collection

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Cast

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John Waters

John Waters

John Waters

Self

Directing

Mink Stole

Mink Stole

Mink Stole

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Susan Lowe

Susan Lowe

Susan Lowe

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Mary Vivian Pearce

Mary Vivian Pearce

Mary Vivian Pearce

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Jean Hill

Jean Hill

Jean Hill

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Edith Massey

Edith Massey

Edith Massey

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Liz Renay

Liz Renay

Liz Renay

Self (archive footage)

Acting

Vincent Peranio

Vincent Peranio

Vincent Peranio

Self (archive footage)

Art

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