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Crimes of Passion

Crime & Punishment • Thriller, R

The second Hollywood film by Britain's enfant terrible, Ken Russell, is a deliriously demented erotic thriller with Kathleeen Turner as the ballsy hooker playing dangerous games with two unstable clients. One is a guilt-tormented private detective (John Laughlin) while the other is a deeply disturbed preacher (Anthony Perkins) wielding a weaponised vibrator.

Tags
Sex, Sex Work, Sado-Masochism
Cast
Kathleen Turner Joanna Crane/China Blue
Anthony Perkins Reverend Peter Shayne
John Laughlin Bobby Grady
Crew
Ken Russell director

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