The Perfect Host

The Perfect Host

Dinner parties are a dying art.

2010•1h 33m•6.4/10

ComedyThrillerCrime

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6.4/10(470)

Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He’s just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. He finds himself on Warwick’s doorstep posing as a friend of a friend, new to Los Angeles, who’s been mugged and lost his luggage.

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Production

Splendid Film

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde Pierce

Warwick Wilson

Clayne Crawford

Clayne Crawford

John Taylor

Nathaniel Parker

Nathaniel Parker

Detective Morton

Megahn Perry

Megahn Perry

Simone De Marchi

Helen Reddy

Helen Reddy

Cathy Knight

Cooper Barnes

Cooper Barnes

Rupert

Indira G. Wilson

Indira G. Wilson

Monica

Tyrees Allen

Tyrees Allen

Roman

Annie Campbell

Chelsea

Joseph Will

Joseph Will

Detective Valdez

George Cheung

George Cheung

Storekeeper

Brooke Anderson

Brooke Anderson

Thief

Cheryl Francis Harrington

Cheryl Francis Harrington

Car Rental Worker

Amanda Payton

Amanda Payton

Girl at Party

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