Which of these films is a remake of the Hitchcock thriller "Dial M for Murder"?
"A Perfect Murder" is a 1998 American crime thriller film directed by Andrew Davis and starring Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Viggo Mortensen. This film 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. The film is loosely based on the play by Frederick Knott, and the screenplay was written by Patrick Smith Kelly.
In the film "A Perfect Murder", a wealthy Wall Street speculator discovers that his wife has a lover. He investigates the lover; the wealthy man uses the carrot and stick to get the paramour to murder his wife. Planned to detail, it seems like a perfect murder. The plan is to stage a break-in that will look like a random murder. In the end, it turns out to be far from perfect.
The plot in this situation is like a time-bomb ready to explode as the story develops into a guessing game to see what will happen to each of the characters.
The critical response to "A Perfect Murder" was very mixed from both critics and fans. The film nonetheless ended up with a total worldwide gross of $128 million against a budget of $60 million US dollars.
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