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A Perfect Murder
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })A Perfect Murder is a 1998 thriller film directed by Andrew Davis, starring Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, and David Suchet. It's a remake of the 1954 Hitchcock film Dial M for Murder.Steven Taylor (Douglas) is a Wall Street hedge fund manager who has risen his way through riches and has a seemingly ideal marriage to Emily (Paltrow). However, unknown to him, she isn't a faithful wife as she is having an affair with a wealthy artist, David Shaw (Mortensen), and plans to leave Steven.Upon discovering the affair, Steven confronts David and exposes him as a con-artist whose real name is Winston LaGrange and who is after Steven and Emily's money, but offers to pay him a substantial amount of money anyway... in exchange for killing his wife. | |
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Ankle Drag: At the end of the movie, Steven and Emily get into a fight and he grabs her ankle to trip her up. Also occurs only seconds later when she's on the ground and he grabs her and pulls her to him but Emily is still able to grab the gun and kill him. | |
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Bond One-Liner: "How's that for wet work?" is what Steven says after stabbing David to death, a response to David mocking him for being unable to kill his wife himself. | |
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Age-Gap Romance: Steven is about two decades older than his young wife Emily. (When the film was released Gwyneth Paltrow was 25 and Michael Douglas was 53.) | |
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Casting Gag: Michael Douglas as a wealthy Wall Street schemer. Sound familiar? And don't tell me that seeing David Suchet play an astute detective doesn't ring a bell. | |
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Assassin Outclassin' | |
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Assassin Outclassin': Emily, turns the tables on her killer with a cringe-inducing meat thermometer right to the neck. | |
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A Deadly Affair / int_3a7cd18d | |
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