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Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)  link to Silence of the Lambs, The on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 2523

cover Silence of the Lambs, The

IMDb Rating:
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8.6/10 (1M votes)

Country: United States, 118 minutes

Spoken languages: English

Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime

Director(s): Jonathan Demme

Storyline:
FBI trainee Clarice Starling works hard to advance her career, while trying to hide/put behind her West Virginia roots, of which if some knew, would automatically classify her as being backward or white trash. After graduation, she aspires to work in the agency's Behavioral Science Unit under the leadership of Jack Crawford. While she is still a trainee, Crawford asks her to question Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist imprisoned, thus far, for eight years in maximum security isolation for being a serial killer who cannibalized his victims. Clarice is able to figure out the assignment is to pick Lecter's brains to help them solve another serial murder case, that of someone coined by the media as Buffalo Bill, who has so far killed five victims, all located in the eastern US, all young women who are slightly overweight (especially around the hips), all who were drowned in natural bodies of water, and all who were stripped of large swaths of skin. She also figures that Crawford chose ...

Cast:

Jodie Foster Clarice Starling
Kasi Lemmons Ardelia Mapp
Scott Glenn Jack Crawford
Anthony Heald Dr. Frederick Chilton
Frankie Faison Barney
Don Brockett Friendly Psychopath
Anthony Hopkins Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Brooke Smith Catherine Martin
Ted Levine Jame Gumb
Chuck Aber Agent Terry

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: Red 4TB Drive

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1