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title: 'The Perfect Murder (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'M.R. Shahjahan'
released: '1988-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'India'
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-perfect-murder-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0176016/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Perfect Murder (1988)

1988 · 90 min · Comedy, Mystery · India, United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Perfect Murder is a 1988 English-language Indian detective film directed by Zafar Hai and produced by Merchant-Ivory. The film is based on the 1964 novel The Perfect Murder by British crime fiction writer HRF Keating and stars Naseeruddin Shah as Inspector Ghote, the leading character in Keating's novels. Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård as well as many noted Indian actors such as Madhur Jaffrey, Amjad Khan, Dalip Tahil, Ratna Pathak, Annu Kapoor and Johnny Walker appear in the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [M.R. Shahjahan](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-r-shahjahan), [Zafar Hai](https://cinepixo.com/people/zafar-hai)
- **Screenplay:** [H. R. F. Keating](https://cinepixo.com/people/h-r-f-keating)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Robbins](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-robbins)
- **Producer:** [Ismail Merchant](https://cinepixo.com/people/ismail-merchant)
- **Director of Photography:** [Walter Lassally](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-lassally)

## Cast

- [Ratna Pathak](https://cinepixo.com/people/ratna-pathak)
- [Madhur Jaffrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/madhur-jaffrey)
- [Amjad Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/amjad-khan)
- [Stellan Skarsgård](https://cinepixo.com/people/stellan-skarsgard)
- [Naseeruddin Shah](https://cinepixo.com/people/naseeruddin-shah) as Inspector Ghote

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