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Critic Ian Freer
rated 6

Douglas has a field day devising cover-ups in a flash, pulling evil faces and generally dallying with people's lives...

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Cast & Crew

Andrew Davis
Director
Michael Douglas
As Steven Taylor
Viggo Mortensen
As David Shaw
David Suchet
As Mohamed Karaman
Gwyneth Paltrow
As Emily Bradford Taylor
Adrian Martinez
As Young Tough
Sarita Choudhury
As Raquel Martinez

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A Perfect Murder is a thrilling drama about a wealthy couple, Steven and Emily Taylor, who are not as perfect as they seem. Steven, a successful financier, is facing financial ruin and discovers that his young wife Emily is having an affair with an artist named David Shaw. In a desperate attempt to cover his losses and maintain his luxurious lifestyle, Steven hires David to murder Emily and make it look like a robbery gone wrong. However, things do not go according to plan when the person sent to kill Emily turns out not to be David, but an unknown assailant. As the police investigate the murder attempt, Steven's world begins to unravel as he becomes embroiled in a web of deceit and betrayal. With stunning performances from Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow, this movie will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.

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What movies are similar to A Perfect Murder? Toggle content

Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as A Perfect Murder include The Usual Suspects, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Life of David Gale, Memories of Murder, Murder by Numbers, The Crow.

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A Perfect Murder was released in theaters on June 5, 1998.