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Basic Instinct
- Director: Paul Verhoeven
- Writer: Joe Eszterhas
- Producer: William S. Beasley; Louis D'Esposito
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A class act.
Sophistication has never been so sleazy.
It deserved its success.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A former rock star, Johnny Boz, is brutally killed during sex, and the case is assigned to detective Nick Curran of the SFPD. During the investigation, Nick meets Catherine Tramell, a crime novelist who was Boz's girlfriend when he died. Catherine proves to be a very clever and manipulative woman, and though Nick is more or less convinced that she murdered Boz, he is unable to find any evidence. Later, when Nilsen, Nick's rival in the police, is killed, Nick suspects of Catherine's involvement in it. He then starts to play a dangerous lust-filled mind game with Catherine to nail her, but as their relationship progresses, the body count rises and contradicting evidences force Nick to start questioning his own suspicions about Catherine's guilt.
Cast & Characters
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