Crimes of passion

United States, 1984

Film
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Kathleen Turner leads a double life in this film by Ken Russell. By day she is Joanna, a sportswear designer, but by night she transforms herself to China-Blue, a hooker servicing a variety of sexual fantasies. Among her regular clients is a sinister preacher (Anthony Perkins) who carries his obsession with China-Blue to a chilling extreme.

Credits

production company

New World Pictures

co-producer

Barry Sandler

Donald P. Borchers

director
Duration

01:41:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1984

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302800

Language

English

Audience classification

R (18+)

Subject categories

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Prostitutes

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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