A Perfect Murder
A Perfect Murder is a 1998 American crime thriller film directed by Andrew Davis and starring Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Viggo Mortensen. It is a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film Dial M for Murder, though the characters' names have been changed and much of the plot has been rewritten and altered from its original form. Loosely based on the play by Frederick Knott, the screenplay was written by Patrick Smith Kelly.
Plot
Wall Street financier Steven Taylor is married to the much younger Emily. Meanwhile, a smitten Emily is having an affair with artist David Shaw, for whom she considers leaving Steven. Steven arrives at David's art studio the next day. Steven not only knows about the affair, but has carefully researched David's past. His real identity is Winston Lagrange, an ex-convict who cons rich women. Pointing out that he can easily send him back to prison, Steven instead recruits David into murdering Emily for $500,000.
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| author | Frederick Knott |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Andrew Davis |
| editor | Dennis Virkler Dov Hoenig |
| genre | crime thriller |
| keywords | attack audio tape blackmail card game courier service criminal conspiracy discussing the plan to kill inherit kill laugh love manhattan margin trade margin trading married mask meat thermometer murder charge nypd shower stock market wall street |
| musicBy | James Newton Howard |
| producer | Arnold Kopelson Peter MacGregor-Scott |
| productionCompany | Arnold Kopelson |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| recordedAt | Long Island New Jersey Pinewood Studios |