A Perfect Murder

A Perfect Murder is a 1998 thriller directed by Andrew Davis and starring Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow and Viggo Mortensen. It is a remake of the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film Dial M for Murder, though the characters of Halliday and Lesgate are combined. Based on the play by Frederick Knott, the screenplay was written by Patrick Smith Kelly. Steven Taylor (Michael Douglas) is a Wall Street hedge fund manager who has risen a long way to achieve h... more

Initial release date:

  • Jun 5, 1998

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 48 min

Estimated budget:

  • 50,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Film

Directed by

Andrew Davis

Andrew Davis (born November 21, 1947) is an American film director, producer and cinematographer, noted for the action films Code of Silence, The Fugitive, Chain Reaction, Collateral Damage and Under Siege. Born on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, Davis has directed several films using Chicago...

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  • A powerful husband. An unfaithful wife. A jealous lover. All of them have a motive. Each of them has a plan.

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  • 1 h 48 min

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  • 50,000,000
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