The Perfect Host

Jul 1, 2010

1h 33m

★ 6.4

Dinner parties are a dying art.

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Thriller

Crime

Production Companies

Splendid Film

The Perfect Host Trailers

Cast

Warwick Wilson

David Hyde Pierce

John Taylor

Clayne Crawford

Detective Morton

Nathaniel Parker

Simone De Marchi

Megahn Perry

Cathy Knight

Helen Reddy

Rupert

Cooper Barnes

Monica

Indira G. Wilson

Roman

Tyrees Allen

Chelsea

Annie Campbell

Detective Valdez

Joseph Will

Storekeeper

George Cheung

Thief

Brooke Anderson

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