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Cast
- Michael Douglas as Steven Taylor
- Gwyneth Paltrow as Emily Bradford Taylor
- Viggo Mortensen as David Shaw
- David Suchet as Mohamed Karaman
- Sarita Choudhury as Raquel Martinez
- Michael P. Moran as Bobby Fain
Themes
- jealousy
- husband wife relationship
- blackmail
- attempted murder
- artist
- extramarital affair
- painter as artist
- ex-prisoner
- loyal girlfriend
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
95,704 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
55%
Metacritic
50/100
- Year
- 1998
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Andrew Davis
- Written by
- Patrick Smith Kelly
- Based on
- Dial M for Murder , by Frederick Knott
- Produced by
- Arnold Kopelson , Anne Kopelson, Peter MacGregor-Scott , Christopher Mankiewicz
- Starring
- Michael Douglas Gwyneth Paltrow Viggo Mortensen David Suchet
- Cinematography
- Dariusz Wolski
- Edited by
- Dov Hoenig , Dennis Virkler
- Music by
- James Newton Howard
- Production company
- Kopelson Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- June 5, 1998 ( 1998-06-05 )
- Running time
- 107 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English, Arabic
- Budget
- $60 million
- Box office
- $128 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 871970
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- publication date
- 1998-10-22
- title
- A Perfect Murder
- review score
- 54%
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Encyclopedic overview
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
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