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Title: Crimes of Passion (1984)
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Joanna Crane /
China Blue
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Donny Hopper
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Amy Grady
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Deanna Oliver | ... |
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Bobby Grady
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John G. Scanlon | ... |
Carl
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Jerry
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Frank
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The thirty year-old hard-worker Bobby Grady is married with two children with the frigid Amy Grady and their marriage is in crisis. Bobby is invited to work in the night shift for the owner of a fashion designer studio that believes that his talented designer Joanna Crane, who is very introspective, 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 that 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. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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A lady of the night...A man of the cloth...and...A passion worth killing for! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
19 October 1984 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
China Blue See more »Filming Locations:
Hollywood Center Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Amy Grady: It was a mistake, all right?
Bobby Grady: Was it?
Amy Grady: What do you think, I'm trying to poison you with maple syrup?
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Music by Rick Wakeman, based on "New World" by Antonín Dvorák
Lyrics by Norman Gimbel
Performed by Maggie Bell
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Bobby Grady: I wanna' know what's bugging you. Is it the way I eat? Why did you pour all that maple syrup on my pancakes?Amy Grady: It was a mistake, all right?
Bobby Grady: Was it?
Amy Grady: What do you think, I'm trying to poison you with maple syrup?
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IT'S A LOVELY LIFEMusic by Rick Wakeman, based on "New World" by Antonín Dvorák
Lyrics by Norman Gimbel
Performed by Maggie Bell
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Thank God for Ken Russell. No other director could have made this one. This is not one of his best films, but it is certainly a fun one to watch. Kathleen Turner really goes the limit as an actress in her role as China Blue. She looks great and gives more to the film than it really deserves. While there are some serious jabs made at relationships and sexuality --- this movie is really just raunchy fun. Anthony Perkins almost steals the show in a send-up of his "Psycho" performance. Great use of color and set design considering the small budget. Rick Wakeman's score is suitably cheezy and very dated. An adult film worth watching.