A Perfect Murder Plot

A Perfect Murder is a 1998 thriller film, made by Kopelson Entertainment and Warner Bros.. It was directed by Andrew Davis and starred Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow. It is a remake of the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film Dial M for Murder, though the characters of Halliday and Lesgate are combined. The screenplay was by Patrick Smith Kelly based on the play by Frederick Knott.

A powerful husband (Douglas) learns of his wife's affair, and hires her lover (Viggo Mortensen) to kill her.