Hubbard arrives unexpectedly, and Mark hides in the bedroom. Mark's "story" is very close to what actually happened: that Tony paid Swann to kill Margot. Months later, on the day before Margot's scheduled execution, Mark visits Tony, saying he has devised a story for him to tell the police to save Margot. Margot is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. As Tony intends, Hubbard does not believe the story and arrests Margot after concluding that she killed Swann for blackmailing her. When Hubbard says the evidence indicates that Swann entered through the front door, Tony claims that Swann must have been responsible for stealing Margot's handbag, and made a copy of her key.
Chief Inspector Hubbard arrives and questions the Wendices and Margot makes several conflicting statements. The following day, Tony persuades Margot to hide the fact that he told her not to call the police. Before the police arrive, Tony attempts to frame Margot by planting Mark's letter on Swann and destroying Swann's scarf. Tony returns to the flat, calls the police, sends Margot to bed, and moves what he thinks is her latchkey from Swann's pocket into her handbag. When Margot grabs the phone and pleads for help, Tony tells her not to speak to anyone. Tony calls and, when Margot comes to the phone, Swann tries to strangle her with his scarf, but she stabs him with scissors and kills him. The following night, while Margot is in bed, Swann enters the flat and waits. Swann will leave signs of a burglary gone wrong and replace the key under the foyer carpet when he leaves. Tony will telephone from the party and Swann will kill Margot when she answers the call. He will hide Margot's latchkey under the foyer carpet and Swann will use it to sneak into the flat and hide. Swann agrees to the murder and Tony explains his plan: Tony will accompany Mark to a party, leaving Margot at home. After tricking Swann into leaving his fingerprints on the letter, Tony blackmails him-Swann can either accept £1,000 to kill Margot, or be turned in as Margot's blackmailer.
Six months previously, Tony had stolen Margot's handbag, which contained a love letter from Mark, and anonymously blackmailed her. Tony arranges a meeting with Swann on a pretext, and tells him of Margot's affair. Tony is aware that Charles Swann, an old acquaintance from Cambridge University, has become a small-time criminal. Unbeknownst to them, Tony has discovered their affair and is planning to have Margot killed so he can inherit her fortune. In the end, I felt it was decent especially being a Henriksen fan and having seen similar entries of the same type, I think you could do a lot worse that Profile For Murder.Tony Wendice, a retired English tennis player, is married to wealthy socialite Margot, an adultress who has been having an affair with American crime fiction writer Mark Halliday. The very end I felt was a nice touch, but for some it might be hard getting over the weak third act or the fact that to the eye this might come off as just another direct-to- video erotic thriller and therefore not worth seeing.
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It's unfortunate however that the movie is damaged by the third act's climax where things add up too easily and the conclusion is reached way too quickly. If you see your share of movies then the setup employed might seem typical and maybe it is, but the atmosphere is fine and Henriksen carries the movie away with ease so Lance Henriksen fans take note. He tells it how it is which is less than subtle sometimes, but the words always come out the same way - sexy, tad provocative and biting, but is he the killer and is Carras slowly falling for him? When they talk, he's all mouth and she's all ears. His entire body mind and soul spews style in a not so everyday manner. He flows freely with this laid back charm and style. See Cross is more than just a stereotypical rich man. Hanna Carras (Joan Severance) as the police psychiatrist who studies him trying to get inside his mind. So when one turns up brutally murdered after a night-cap with Cross, he's held by the police as they try to put something together. His money, rugged looks perhaps? No doubt. Hanna Carras (Joan Severan.Īdrian Cross (Lance Henriksen) is a rich businessman who likes the night life and the woman that go along with that scene and needless to say some are attracted to him. Adrian Cross (Lance Henriksen) is a rich businessman who likes the night life and the woman that go along with that scene and needless to say some are attracted to him.