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.
Director
Jonathan Demme
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Release date
February 14, 1991
Country
United States of America
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Top billed cast
Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald
Production companies
Orion Pictures, Strong Heart/Demme Production
Keywords
based on novel or book, fbi, kidnapping, psychopath, murder, serial killer, psychological thriller, brutality, cannibal, moth, virginia
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