Patrick Wilson, Jessica Biel, Haley Bennett, Eddie Marsan

Tubi's A Kind of Murder Is Pure Patricia Highsmith Dread

Patricia Highsmith paranoia gets a sleek 1960s noir spin with Patrick Wilson at the center.

JULY 1, 2026

Patricia Highsmith stories have a way of making one ordinary thought feel like the start of a moral free fall. A Kind of Murder takes that very specific Highsmith chill and sets it inside 1960s New York, where taste, status, and self-control can only hide so much.

Patrick Wilson plays Walter Stackhouse, a successful architect whose life looks enviable from the outside. Then he becomes fixated on a man suspected of killing his wife, and that obsession starts unlocking desires Walter may not be able to put back where he found them.

A Kind of Murder arrives on Tubi soon. If your watchlist has room for stylish crime, married tension, and the kind of thriller that keeps asking what a person is capable of, make space for this one.

The Cast

Patrick Wilson as Walter Stackhouse

Wilson plays Walter Stackhouse, an architect whose polished life starts to feel less like success and more like a trap. He brings the right controlled unease to a man drawn toward danger, turning every calm look into a question mark.

Jessica Biel as Clara Stackhouse

Biel plays Clara Stackhouse, Walter's wife, whose presence makes the marriage feel icy, tense, and impossible to ignore. She gives Clara a sharp emotional charge, making the couple's home feel like the first crime scene before anything has even happened.

Haley Bennett as Ellie Briess

Bennett plays Ellie Briess, the woman who sees a different version of Walter than the one his marriage has made of him. Her performance adds warmth and risk, which makes Walter's choices feel even more dangerous as his fascination with murder grows.

Eddie Marsan as Marty Kimmel

Marsan plays Marty Kimmel, the suspected wife killer who becomes the object of Walter's fixation. He brings a sour, watchful energy to Marty, giving the film a human pressure point where curiosity, guilt, and menace start crowding the same room.

“Every perfect life has a locked room.”

Sneak Peek

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Why Watch It

A Kind of Murder is for people who like their thrillers elegant, tense, and quietly poisoned. The fun here is not in oversized shocks. It is in watching suspicion move through a room, a marriage, a glance, a newspaper clipping, until everyone starts to look like they are hiding something.

The Patricia Highsmith connection matters. Her stories understand obsession as a private hobby that can turn lethal when fed too long, and this film leans into that mood. Director Andy Goddard gives it period texture without letting the suits and interiors soften the danger underneath.

Add this to your list if you are in the mood for crime with restraint, mystery with a mean little pulse, and Patrick Wilson drifting toward a line he should absolutely not cross. Coming soon to Tubi.