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.
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Jodie Foster | Clarice Starling |
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Lawrence A. Bonney | FBI Instructor |
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Kasi Lemmons | Ardelia Mapp |
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Lawrence T. Wrentz | Agent Burroughs |
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Scott Glenn | Jack Crawford |
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Anthony Heald | Dr. Frederick Chilton |
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Frankie Faison | Barney |
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Don Brockett | Friendly Psychopath |
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Frank Seals Jr. | Brooding Psychopath |
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Stuart Rudin | Miggs |
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Anthony Hopkins | Dr. Hannibal Lecter |
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Maria Skorobogatov | Young Clarice |
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Jeffrie Lane | Clarice's Father |
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Leib Lensky | Mr. Lang |
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George 'Red' Schwartz | Mr. Lang's Driver |
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Jim Roche | TV Evangelist |
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Brooke Smith | Catherine Martin |
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Ted Levine | Jame Gumb |
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James B. Howard | Boxing Instructor |
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Bill Miller | Mr. Brigham |
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Chuck Aber | Agent Terry |
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Gene Borkan | Oscar |
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Pat McNamara | Sheriff Perkins |
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Tracey Walter | Lamar |
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Kenneth Utt | Dr. Akin |
Director | Jonathan Demme |
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Writer | Thomas Harris, Ted Tally | |
Producer | Grace Blake, Ron Bozman, Gary Goetzman, Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt | |
Musician | Howard Shore | |
Photography | Tak Fujimoto |