Manhunter
- Director: Michael Mann
- Writer: Thomas Harris; Michael Mann
- Producer: Dino De Laurentiis; Richard Roth
CGiii Comment
Where the franchise began...
Cox's Lecter is under-rated - his normality is compelling.
Comparisons will always be made - watch this on its own merit.
It is dated...but, the performances are bloody good.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Will Graham is a former FBI agent who recently retired to Florida with his wife Molly and their young son. Graham was a 'profiler'; one who profiles criminal's behavior and tries to put his mind into the minds of criminals to examine their thoughts while visiting crime scenes. Will is called out of his self-imposed retirement at the request of his former boss Jack Crawford to help the FBI catch an elusive serial killer, known to the press as the 'Tooth Fairy', who randomly kills whole families in their houses during nights of the full moon and leaves bite marks on his victims. To try to search for clues to get into the mind of the killer, Will has occasional meetings with Dr. Hannibal Lecktor, a charismatic but very dangerous imprisoned serial killer that Will captured years earlier which nearly drove him insane from the horrific encounter that nearly cost Will's life.
Cast & Characters
William Petersen as Will Graham;
Kim Greist as Molly Graham;
Joan Allen as Reba McClane;
Brian Cox as Dr. Hannibal Lecktor;
Dennis Farina as Jack Crawford;
Tom Noonan as Francis Dollarhyde;
Stephen Lang as Freddy Lounds;
David Seaman as Kevin Graham;
Benjamin Hendrickson as Dr. Frederick Chilton;
Michael Talbott as Geehan;
Dan Butler as Jimmy Price;
Michele Shay as Beverly Katz;
Robin Moseley as Sarah;
Paul Perri as Dr. Sidney Bloom;
Patricia Charbonneau as Mrs. Sherman