The Silence of the Lambs

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Jodie Foster Clarice Starling

Anthony Hopkins Dr. Hannibal Lecter

Scott Glenn Jack Crawford

Ted Levine Jame Gumb

Anthony Heald Dr. Frederick Chilton