Crimes of Passion is a 1984 film directed by Ken Russell starring Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins, John Laughlin and Annie Potts. The film explores themes of human relationships and mental illness. A mix of sex and suspense, the movie opened to controversy over its content and to negative reviews. Bobby Grady is an ordinary middle-class electronics store owner who occasionally moonlights doing surveillance work. He attends a group therapy session because his wife, Annie , has lost interest in sex and he fears their marriage is in trouble. Grady is soon approached by the owner of a fashion... design house to spy on an employee, Joanna Crane , whom he suspects of selling clothing patterns to his competitors. Grady discovers the fears of Crane's boss are unfounded, but Crane is moonlighting as a street prostitute using the name China Blue and wearing a wig and provocative clothing as a disguise. Grady tells the designer there is nothing to his suspicions, but keeps quiet about Crane's double life. After having an erotic encounter with Crane in her China Blue persona, Grady decides to start seeing her professionally, and later, romantically.
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| Release date: | October 19, 1984 |
| Directed by: | Ken Russell |
| Runtime: | 107 Minutes |
| Producer: | Barry Sandler, Larry A. Thompson |
| Music by: | Rick Wakeman |
| Genre: | Thriller |