“Dinner parties are a dying art.”
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.
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
The Perfect Host is a comedy, thriller, crime film released in 2010 exploring themes of robbery, murder, neighbor, criminal, home video, drugged. Directed by Nicholas Tomnay, it stars David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker. 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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