Released:
1991-02-14

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.

Director:
Jonathan Demme

Runtime:
1h 59min

Genre:
Crime, Thriller, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Jodie Foster
  as
  Clarice Starling
• 
  Anthony Hopkins
  as
  Dr. Hannibal Lecter
• 
  Scott Glenn
  as
  Jack Crawford
• 
  Ted Levine
  as
  Jame Gumb
• 
  Anthony Heald
  as
  Dr. Frederick Chilton