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Manhunter

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Manhunter
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R,1hr 40min
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Released:
August 15, 1986
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Anchor Bay Entertainment
Synopsis: Red Dragon, the Thomas Harris novel that introduced serial killer Hannibal Lecter to the world, was adapted for the screen by Michael Mann as Manhunter. Ace criminal profiler Will Graham (William Petersen) is very good at his job because he has the ability to make himself think like the killers he tracks. Will has been in retirement since catching Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter (Brian Cox), as being inside that particular deranged mind caused Will to have a breakdown. Will's boss Jack Crawford ( Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
The best Hannibal Lecter movie and one of the greatest suspense movies ever made... A lurid masterpiece that pays homage to the seductiveness of pulp, not by dressing it in the trappings of fine art but by stripping it to the essentials of what we responded to in the material in the first place. Full Review
Metascore
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78
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out of 100
Featured Cast
Will Graham
Molly Graham
Dr. Hannibal Lecktor, Dr. Lektor
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