The Perfect Host

The Perfect Host

6.4IMDb Score
Released:2010-07-01
Duration:93 min
Director:Nicholas Tomnay
Actors:David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford, Nathaniel Parker, Megahn Perry, Helen Reddy
Production:Splendid Film

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.

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