| Release Date: | Jan 1991 |
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| Genres: | Crime / Thriller |
| Awards: | Won 5 Oscars. Another 39 wins & 27 nominations |
| Runtime: | 118 min |
| Cast: | Jodie Foster (Clarice Starling), Anthony Hopkins (Dr. Hannibal Lecter) Scott Glenn (Jack Crawford) Anthony Heald (Dr. Frederick Chilton) Ted Levine (Jame 'Buffalo Bill' Gumb) Frankie Faison (Barney Matthews) Kasi Lemmons (Ardelia Mapp) Brooke Smith (Catherine Martin) Paul Lazar (Pilcher) Dan Butler (Roden) Lawrence T. Wrentz (Agent Burroughs) Don Brockett (Friendly Psychopath in Cell) Frank Seals Jr. (Brooding Psychopath in Cell) Stuart Rudin (Miggs) Masha Skorobogatov (Young Clarice Starling) |
Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice attempts to gain a better insight into the twisted mind of the killer by talking to another psychopath Hannibal Lecter, who used to be a respected psychiatrist. FBI agent Jack Crawford believes that Lecter who is also a very powerful and clever mind manipulator have the answers to their questions to help locate the killer. Clarice must first try and gain Lecter's confidence before he is to give away any information.
