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* CastingGag: Michael Douglas as a wealthy Wall Street schemer. [[Film/WallStreet Sound familiar?]]
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* CastingGag: Michael Douglas as a wealthy Wall Street schemer. [[Film/WallStreet Sound familiar?]]familiar?]] And don't tell me that seeing Creator/DavidSuchet play an astute detective [[Franchise/HerculePoirot doesn't ring a bell]].
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* BondOneLiner: "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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Upon discovering the affair, Steven confonts 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... [[ADeadlyAffair in exchange for killing his wife]].
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Upon discovering the affair, Steven confonts 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... [[ADeadlyAffair in exchange for killing his wife]].
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* AssassinOutclassin: [[spoiler: Emily, with a cringe-inducing meat thermometer right to the neck.]]
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* AssassinOutclassin: [[spoiler: Emily, turns the tables on her killer with a cringe-inducing meat thermometer right to the neck.]]
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* TheChessmaster: Steven.
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* CompositeCharacter: David is a cross between Mark, having an affair with a married woman, and Swann, being blackmailed into killing her.
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* TheDogBitesBack: Emily.
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* DecompositeCharacter: Unlike Swann, David does not attempt to kill Margot, but instead hires a man to do it.
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%%* TheDogBitesBack: Emily.
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''A Perfect Murder'' is a 1998 thriller film directed by Andrew Davis, starring Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/GwynethPaltrow, Creator/ViggoMortensen, and Creator/DavidSuchet. It's a {{remake}} of the 1954 [[Creator/AlfredHitchcock Hitchcock]] film ''Film/DialMForMurder''.
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''A Perfect Murder'' is a 1998 thriller film directed by Andrew Davis, Creator/AndrewDavis, starring Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/GwynethPaltrow, Creator/ViggoMortensen, and Creator/DavidSuchet. It's a {{remake}} of the 1954 [[Creator/AlfredHitchcock Hitchcock]] film ''Film/DialMForMurder''.
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* AgeGapRomance: Steven is about two decades older than his young wife Emily. (Then 25/26 year-old Creator/GwynethPaltrow, with then 54 year old Creator/MichaelDouglas.)
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* AgeGapRomance: Steven is about two decades older than his young wife Emily. (Then 25/26 year-old Creator/GwynethPaltrow, with then 54 year old Creator/MichaelDouglas.(When the film was released Creator/GwynethPaltrow was 25 and Creator/MichaelDouglas was 53.)
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* VillainProtagonist: Steven is the main character, despite being the villain.
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* ADeadlyAffair: At first, Steven plans to murder his wife Emily, who's cheating on him with David, involves blackmailing his wife's lover to execute this murder. It doesn't go according to plan, [[spoiler:as Emily accidentally kills David instead of the other way around]]. At the end, [[spoiler:Steven outright tries to murder Emily himself, but it also turns out that, even more than for her affair, he's murdering her for her (rich family's) money.]]
* ADeadlyAffair: At first, Steven plans to murder his wife Emily, who's cheating on him with David, involves blackmailing his wife's lover to execute this murder. It doesn't go according to plan, [[spoiler:as Emily accidentally kills David instead of the other way around]]. At the end, [[spoiler:Steven outright tries to murder Emily himself, but it also turns out that, even more than for her affair, he's murdering her for her (rich family's) money.]]
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* ADeadlyAffair: At first,
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Upon discovering the affair, Steven confonts 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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Upon discovering the affair, Steven confonts 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... [[ADeadlyAffair in exchange for killing his wife.
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* ADeadlyAffair: At first, Steven plans to murder his wife Emily, who's cheating on him with David, involves blackmailing his wife's lover to execute this murder. It doesn't go according to plan, [[spoiler:as Emily accidentally kills David instead of the other way around]]. At the end, [[spoiler:Steven outright tries to murder Emily himself, but it also turns out that, even more than for her affair, he's murdering her for her (rich family's) money.]]
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* CastingGag: Michael Douglas as a wealthy Wall Street schemer. [[Film/WallStreet Sound familiar?]]
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* AnkleDrag: 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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''A Perfect Murder'' is a 1998 thriller film directed by Andrew Davis, tarring Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/GwynethPaltrow, Creator/ViggoMortensen, and Creator/DavidSuchet. It's a {{remake}} of the 1954 [[Creator/AlfredHitchcock Hitchcock]] film ''Film/DialMForMurder''.
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''A Perfect Murder'' is a 1998 thriller film directed by Andrew Davis, tarring starring Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/GwynethPaltrow, Creator/ViggoMortensen, and Creator/DavidSuchet. It's a {{remake}} of the 1954 [[Creator/AlfredHitchcock Hitchcock]] film ''Film/DialMForMurder''.
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''A Perfect Murder'' is a 1998 thriller film directed by Andrew Davis, tarring Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/GwynethPaltrow, Creator/ViggoMortensen, and David Suchet. It's a {{remake}} of the 1954 [[Creator/AlfredHitchcock Hitchcock]] film ''Film/DialMForMurder''.
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''A Perfect Murder'' is a 1998 thriller film directed by Andrew Davis, tarring Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/GwynethPaltrow, Creator/ViggoMortensen, and David Suchet.Creator/DavidSuchet. It's a {{remake}} of the 1954 [[Creator/AlfredHitchcock Hitchcock]] film ''Film/DialMForMurder''.
