A Passion to Kill

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ron Ford directs. Jeff Leroy behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
• 327 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
• 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 5Directed by Ron Ford, shot by Jeff Leroy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 6Stephanie Beaton and Sheila Redgate and Ted Newsom carry the top of the cast.
• 7Marketing tagline: "Their passion was real, their desire was deadly!".
• 8IMDB entry: tt0191346 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 9Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography

Jeff Leroy

Runtime

86 min · 1h 26m

Status

Released

Budget

$6,000

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

NR

IMDB

A Passion to Kill (1999) ↗

IMDB rating

3.4/10 · 7 votes

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  Deadly Tales

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Production companies

Who made it

• VI

  Vista Street Entertainment

  US

Key crew

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• erotic thriller

Release history · US

When it landed

• Physical1999-01-01NR

Also known as

International titles

• The TurboratorUS
• Red Light StalkerUS