
Secretary(2002)
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.


“He wants to save her. She wants to pervert him. Who will win?”
A computer wizard infiltrates a London sex club to get evidence for a shutdown, but falls for the proprietress.

Guinevere Turner
Tanya Cheex

Christien Anholt
Peter Emery

Tom Bell
Henry Harding MP

Julie Graham
Eugenie

Georgina Hale
Miss Wilderspin

Julian Wadham
M'Learned Friend

Ricky Tomlinson
Fibbin' Gibbins

Roger Lloyd Pack
Mr. Cutts Watson

Sue Johnston
Esmeralda

Don Henderson
Commander Cope
Preaching to the Perverted is a comedy, drama film released in 1997 exploring themes of fetish, sadomasochism, bdsm. Directed by Stuart Urban, it stars Guinevere Turner, Christien Anholt, Tom Bell. A computer wizard infiltrates a London sex club to get evidence for a shutdown, but falls for the proprietress.
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