Crimes of Passion
1984 · Movie · R · 107 min · ★ 6.3 · 50% critics
A successful fashion designer leads a secret nightlife in the city’s seedy underworld, using a bold alter ego to keep real intimacy at arm’s length. When a private investigator starts tailing her and a fanatical street preacher becomes dangerously obsessed, her carefully separated worlds collide in a provocative, darkly comic thriller.
Also known as Ken Russell's Crimes of Passion
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Details
- Years
- 1984
- Release date
- 1984-10-19
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 50/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (196 votes)
About
If you enjoy provocative, camp-leaning thrillers with taboo humor and a neon-soaked, offbeat vibe, this could hit like a cult favorite in the vein of American Psycho; Not for you if explicit sex, religious provocation, or uneven storytelling are dealbreakers.
Pros: fearless lead performance; wild, unique atmosphere; darkly funny edge | Cons: explicit content throughout; messy, disjointed plotting; tone shifts abruptly
Themes
- prostitute
- double life
- detective
- role playing
- preacher
- erotic thriller
Cast & crew
Kathleen Turner
as Joanna Crane / China Blue
Anthony Perkins
as Reverend Peter Shayne
John Laughlin
as Bobby Grady
Annie Potts
as Amy Grady
Bruce Davison
as Donny Hopper
Norman Burton
as Lou Bateman
Stephen Lee
as Jerry
Gordon Hunt
as Group Leader
Dan Gerrity
as Group Member #1
Terri Hoyos
as Group Member #2
Directed by Ken Russell