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.
Acting
Turner's fearless dual performance; Perkins at maximum twitchy creep.
Direction
Russell's operatic, unhinged visual assault on good taste.
Costume
Joanna's power suits vs. China Blue's fetish gear as character psychology.
Director
Ken Russell
Kathleen Turner
Joanna Crane / China Blue
Anthony Perkins
Reverend Peter Shayne
John Laughlin
Bobby Grady
Annie Potts
Amy Grady
Bruce Davison
Donny Hopper
Norman Burton
Lou Bateman
Stephen Lee
Jerry
Gordon Hunt
Group Leader
Dan Gerrity
Group Member #1
Terri Hoyos
Group Member #2
Deanna Oliver
Group Member #4
Patricia Stevens
Group Member #5
Janice Renney
Stripper
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