Silence of the Lambs, The

Thriller

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	Psychopath
Frank Seals Jr.	Brooding psychopath
Stuart Rudin	Miggs
Masha Skorobogatov	Young Clarice Starling
Jeffrey Lane	Clarice's Father (as Jeffrie Lane)
Leib Lensky	Mr. Lang
George 'Red' Schwartz	Mr. Lang's Driver (as Red Schwartz)
Jim Roche	TV evangelist
James B. Howard	Boxing instructor
Bill Miller	Mr. Brigham
Chuck Aber	Agent Terry
Gene Borkan	Oscar
Pat McNamara	Sheriff Perkins
Tracey Walter	Lamar

Director	Jonathan Demme
Writer	Thomas Harris; Ted Tally

A psychopath known as Buffalo Bill is kidnapping and murdering young women across the midwest. Believing it takes one to know one, the F.B.I. sends Agent Clarice Starling (Foster) to interview a demented prisoner who may provide psychological insight and clues to the killer's actions. The prisoner is psychiatrist, Dr. Hannibal Lector (Hopkins), a brilliant, murderous cannibal who will only help Starling if she feeds his morbid curiosity with details about her own complicated life. This twisted relationship forces Starling not only to confront her psychological demons, but leads her to face with a demented, heinous killer, an incarceration of evil so powerful, that she may not have the courage -- or strength -- to stop him!