Movie
Basic Instinct
1992R2h 8m6.9 / 10
A brutal murder. A brilliant killer. A cop who can't resist the danger.
Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.
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Synopsis
Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.
More about Basic Instinct
Cast
Michael DouglasDetective Nick Curran
Sharon StoneCatherine Tramell
George DzundzaGus
Jeanne TripplehornDr. Beth Garner
Denis ArndtLieutenant Walker
Leilani SarelleRoxy
Bruce A. YoungAndrews
Chelcie RossCaptain TalcottCredits
- Directed by
- Paul Verhoeven
- Written by
- Joe Eszterhas
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Collection
- Basic Instinct Collection
- Budget
- $49M
- Box office
- $352.9M
Production
Carolco PicturesUnited States
Le Studio Canal+France
Themes
american giallobisexualitybook writingcaliforniacelebritydeaddetectivedying and death
