Crimes of Passion

– Joanna Crane lives a double life. During the day she works as fashion designer but during the night ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.30 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 47 Minutes
Release Year:
1984
Crimes of Passion (1984)

Joanna Crane lives a double life. During the day she works as fashion designer but during the night she is the high class prostitute China Blue. As she is accused for industrial spying, Bobby Grady is hired to shadow her. However, they fall in love. Meanwhile a psychopathic preacher starts stalking her.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
Filming Locations:

Crimes of Passion (1984) - Trailer

Release Date:

19 Oct 1984

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Ken Russell

Writer:

Barry Sandler

Main Actors:

Bruce Davison, Gordon Hunt, Dan Gerrity, Terri Hoyos

Plot:

The thirty year-old hard-worker Bobby Grady is married with two children to the frigid Amy Grady and their marriage is in crisis. Bobby is invited to work the night shift at a fashion design studio whose owner believes his talented and introspective designer Joanna Crane is selling his designs to competitors. Bobby accepts the job to make money and please Amy with a bathtub and follows Joanna after hours. He discovers she has a double life, working as a fifty-dollar hooker called China Blue in the red light district and practicing kinky sex with her clients to satisfy their fantasies. Bobby becomes obsessed by China Blue and when the true thief is found, he has sex with her and they have a crush on each other. Meanwhile the insane preacher Rev. Peter Shayne (Anthony Perkins) decides to save Joanna's soul and stalks her everywhere.

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Production:

New World

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
36%