Revealing mistake: At the end a character is killed and you see him lying on the floor, dead, but still breathing.... (01:43:00)
A Perfect Murder (1998)
1 revealing mistake
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Starring: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet
Revealing mistake: At the end a character is killed and you see him lying on the floor, dead, but still breathing.... (01:43:00)
Steven: How's that for wet work?
Trivia: Viggo Mortensen is an accomplished painter, and most of his character's paintings are his own.
Question: Why did Michael Douglas expect David to spend 2 hours in the back stairwell between entering the building at 8 p.m. and attacking Gweneth at 10 p.m. after the phone rings? He'd be sitting in the stairwell where anyone could see him, with or without his black ski mask.
Answer: Good point. If a resident in an upscale apartment building like that were to see a suspicious-looking man loitering in the stairwell, he would tell the doorman, who would either investigate or call the police, or both.
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Answer: It is unknown what Douglas' entire thinking was behind the plan, but if someone had spotted David in the stairwell, it would only help to support Douglas' alibi and point the finger at a stranger breaking into the apartment and killing his wife.
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