To enter the mind of a killer she must challenge the mind of a madman.
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
CrimeThrillerDramaprisonbased on novel or bookkidnappingpsychopathfbiscientific studymurderserial killerpsychological thrillerbrutalitycannibalpsychiatrist
- Body horror
- Graphic violence
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, bleak and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
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Cast
- Jodie FosterClarice Starling
- Anthony HopkinsDr. Hannibal Lecter
- Scott GlennJack Crawford
- Ted LevineJame Gumb
- Anthony HealdDr. Frederick Chilton
- Brooke SmithCatherine Martin
- Diane BakerSenator Ruth Martin
- Kasi LemmonsArdelia Mapp
- Frankie FaisonBarney
- Tracey WalterLamar
Crew
- Jonathan DemmeDirector
- Ted TallyScreenplay
- Thomas HarrisNovel
- Tak FujimotoDirector of Photography
- Howard ShoreOriginal Music Composer
- Craig McKayEditor
- Kenneth UttProducer
- Edward SaxonProducer
- Ron BozmanProducer
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