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1992· Paul Verhoeven· 128 min
ThrillerCrime

A San Francisco detective investigating a brutal murder becomes dangerously obsessed with the seductive and manipulative novelist he suspects as the killer.

Why watch: Sharon Stone made the interrogation scene iconic. No body double.
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Cast

Michael Douglas as Detective Nick Curran
Sharon Stone as Catherine Tramell
George Dzundza as Gus
Jeanne Tripplehorn as Dr. Beth Garner
Denis Arndt as Lieutenant Walker
Leilani Sarelle as Roxy
Bruce A. Young as Andrews
Chelcie Ross as Captain Talcott
Dorothy Malone as Hazel Dobkins
Wayne Knight as John Correli
Daniel von Bargen as Lieutenant Nilsen
Stephen Tobolowsky as Dr. Lamott
Benjamin Mouton as Harrigan
Jack McGee as Sheriff
Bill Cable as Johnny Boz

Crew

Paul Verhoeven — Director
Joe Eszterhas — Screenplay
Alan Marshall — Producer
Mario Kassar — Executive Producer
Howard Feuer — Casting
Jan de Bont — Director of Photography
Frank J. Urioste — Editor
Mark Billerman — Art Direction
Terence Marsh — Production Design
William Cruse — Art Direction
Ellen Mirojnick — Costume Design
Jerry Goldsmith — Original Music Composer

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