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Summary: 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. With some help and hindrance, Will races against the clock before the next full moon when the 'Tooth Fairy' will strike again. Elsewhere, a local photographer named Francis Dollarhyde, the killer that Will is looking for, struggles to stay undetected while seeing a hope of redemption when be begins a relationship with a blind woman who is not aware of his double life.
Runtime: 119 min
Production: De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
Genres: Thriller, Crime
Country: USA
Language: English
Home Release Date: Jan 30, 2001
Director Credit
Michael Mann Director
Writer Credit
Michael Mann Screenplay
Thomas Harris Novel "Red Dragon"
Principal Cast Credit
William Petersen Will Graham
Cast Credit
Benjamin Hendrickson Dr. Frederick Chilton
Brian Cox Dr. Hannibal Lecktor
Dan Butler Jimmy Price
David Seaman Kevin Graham
Dennis Farina Jack Crawford
Joan Allen Reba McClane
Kim Greist Molly Graham
Michael Talbott Geehan
Michele Shay Beverly Katz
Patricia Charbonneau Mrs. Sherman
Paul Perri Dr. Sidney Bloom
Robin Moseley Sarah
Stephen Lang Freddy Lounds
Tom Noonan Francis Dollarhyde
Producer Credit
Bernard Williams Executive Producer
Dino De Laurentiis Producer
Richard Roth Producer
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