Manhunter (1986)

Manhunter is an American psychological crime horror thriller film based on the novel Red Dragon by Thomas Harris. Written and directed by Michael Mann, it stars William Petersen as FBI profiler Will Graham. The film focuses on Graham coming out of retirement to lend his talents to an investigation on Dollarhyde, a killer known as the "Tooth Fairy". In doing so, he must confront the demons of his past and meet with Lecktor, who nearly counted Graham amongst his victims.

Manhunter focuses on the forensic work carried out by the FBI to track down killers and shows the long-term effects that cases like this have on profilers such as Graham, highlighting the similarities between him and his quarry. The film features heavily stylised use of colour to convey this sense of duality, and the nature of the characters' similarity has been explored in academic readings of the film. It was the first film adaptation of Harris' Hannibal Lecter novels, as well as the first adaptation of Red Dragon, which later became the basis for a film of the same name in 2002.

Production Company De Laurentiis Entertainment Group

Released in UK cinemas February 24, 1989 (US: August 15, 1986)

First showing on UK network television August 4, 1991 (BBC Two)

It's just you and me now, sport...

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Notable Cast & Crew

Michael Mann - director, screenwriter	William Petersen - "Will Graham"	Dennis Farina - "Jack Crawford"
	Brian Cox - "Hannibal Lecktor"

Trailer

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