Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a murderous sex toy.
Not for warmth, comfort or uplift.
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Kathleen TurnerJoanna Crane / China Blue
Anthony PerkinsReverend Peter Shayne
John LaughlinBobby Grady
Annie PottsAmy Grady
Bruce DavisonDonny Hopper
Norman BurtonLou Bateman
Stephen LeeJerry
Gordon HuntGroup Leader
Dan GerrityGroup Member #1
Terri HoyosGroup Member #2
Deanna OliverGroup Member #4
Patricia StevensGroup Member #5
Janice RenneyStripper
Pat McNamaraFrank
Jan RabsonAirline Trick
Louise SorelClaudia
Janice KentPatty Marshall
James CrittendenTom Marshall
Ian PetrellaJimmy's Friend
Gerald S. O'LoughlinBen (uncredited)
Carl SolomonPeep Show Voyeur (uncredited)
Rick WakemanWedding Photographer (uncredited)Pick a department, or search for a name or a job (“editor”, “stunt”).
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GoodWatch score 64October 19, 1984 · 1 h 47 min · R
Bookends, Dark and Troubled Past, Double Entendre +8
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In the United States, Crimes of Passion streams on fuboTV, and it is free with ads on Plex, Kanopy, Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, Fawesome, and Tubi TV. You can rent or buy it from Google Play Movies and YouTube. It also streams in 24 other countries.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 56 (IMDb 6.4, Letterboxd 3.6 out of 5, Rotten Tomatoes 54%, and Metacritic 52).
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 7 of 10 for bleakness and 3 for melancholy, against 2 for hopefulness.
At times: scares are rated 6 of 10.
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