---
title: 'Manhunter (1986)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Mann'
released: '1986-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 116
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/manhunter-1986'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091474/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Manhunter (1986)

1986 · R · 116 min · Drama, Horror, Crime, Mystery, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Manhunter is a 1986 American crime thriller film directed and written by Michael Mann. Based on the 1981 novel Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, the film stars William Petersen as FBI profiler Will Graham, Tom Noonan as serial killer Francis Dollarhyde, Dennis Farina as Graham's FBI superior Jack Crawford, and Brian Cox as incarcerated killer Hannibal Lecktor. 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 killed Graham years before.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-mann)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-mann), [Thomas Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-harris)
- **Producer:** [Thomas Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-harris), [Dino De Laurentiis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dino-de-laurentiis), [Bernard Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-williams), [Richard Roth](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-roth)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michel Rubini](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-rubini)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dante Spinotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/dante-spinotti)
- **Editor:** [Dov Hoenig](https://cinepixo.com/people/dov-hoenig)

## Cast

- [Dan Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-butler)
- [Tom Noonan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-noonan) as Francis Dolarhyde
- [Garcelle Beauvais](https://cinepixo.com/people/garcelle-beauvais)
- [Marshall Bell](https://cinepixo.com/people/marshall-bell)
- [Frankie Faison](https://cinepixo.com/people/frankie-faison)
- [Michael D. Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-d-roberts)
- [Stephen Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-lang) as Freddy Lounds
- [Brian Cox](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-cox) as Hannibal Lecter
- [Michael Talbott](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-talbott)
- [Bill Smitrovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-smitrovich)
- [William Petersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-petersen) as Will Graham
- [David Allen Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-allen-brooks)
- [Joan Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-allen)
- [Dennis Farina](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-farina) as Jack Crawford
- [Kim Greist](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-greist)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/manhunter-1986
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