Title The Silence of the Lambs Overview FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. but her Faustian relationship with Lecter soon leads to his escape, and now two deranged killers are on the loose. Tagline To enter the mind of a killer she must challenge the mind of a madman. Genres Crime, Drama, Thriller Keywords based on novel, psychopath, horror, suspense, serial killer, psychological thriller, cannibal, fbi agent, animal in cast credits, cannibalism Production Companies Orion Pictures, Strong Heart Demme Production Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 119 Release Year 1991
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 273 million USD