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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.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
302800
Language
English
Audience classification
R (18+)
Subject categories
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Prostitutes
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)