Manhunter (film)

Manhunter is a 1986 American crime thriller film based on Thomas Harris novel Red Dragon. Written and directed by Michael Mann, it stars William Petersen as Will Graham and features Brian Cox as Hannibal Lecktor. When asked to investigate a killer known as The Tooth Fairy, FBI profiler Will Graham comes out of retirement to lend his talents to the case, but in doing so he must confront the specter of his past and meet with a jailed killer who nearly counted Graham amongst his victims. Dennis Farina costars as Jack Crawford, Grahams superior at the FBI, and serial killer Francis DollarhydeThe Tooth Fairyis portrayed by Tom Noonan.

Will Graham William Petersen is a former FBI criminal profiler who has retired because of a mental breakdown after being attacked by a cannibalistic serial killer, Dr. Hannibal Lecktor Brian Cox whom he captured. Graham is approached at his Florida home by his former FBI superior Jack Crawford Dennis Farina, who is seeking help with a new serial killer case. Promising his wife Kim Greist that he will do nothing more than examine evidence and not risk physical harm, Graham agrees to visit the most recent crime scene in Atlanta, where he tries to enter the mindset of the killer, now dubbed the Tooth Fairy by the police for the bitemarks left on his victims.Having found the killers fingerprints, Graham meets with Crawford. They are accosted by tabloid journalist Freddy Lounds Stephen Lang, with whom Graham has a bitter history Lounds paper had run photographs of Graham taken secretly while he was hospitalized. Graham pays a visit to Lecktor, a former psychiatrist, in his cell and asks for his insight into the killers motivations. After a tense conversation, Lecktor agrees to look at the case file. A little later, Lecktor contrives and manages to obtain Grahams home address by deceit during his phone privileges. ........

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