The Perfect Host

The Perfect Host

Dinner parties are a dying art.

R 2010 · 93 min · ★ 6.4 · Comedy, Thriller, Crime

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.

Directed by Nicholas Tomnay · Written by Nicholas Tomnay

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David Hyde Pierce Warwick Wilson
Clayne Crawford John Taylor
Nathaniel Parker Detective Morton
Megahn Perry Simone De Marchi
Helen Reddy Cathy Knight
Cooper Barnes Rupert
Indira G. Wilson Monica
Tyrees Allen Roman
Annie Campbell Chelsea
Joseph Will Detective Valdez
George Cheung Storekeeper
Brooke Anderson Thief

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