Overview
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.
DirectorJonathan Demme
ProducersEdward Saxon, Ron Bozman, Kenneth Utt
ScreenplayTed Tally
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LanguageEnglish
Production companiesOrion Pictures, Strong Heart
Budget19000000
TaglineTo enter the mind of a killer she must challenge the mind of a madman.
