Basic Instinct

Rated R • 128 minutes

A nightclub owner is killed, with an MO mirroring the ice pick murder plot written by the club owner's novelist girlfriend. The detective assigned to the case becomes erotically involved with the prime suspect, despite ominous signs of her guilt.

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Cast

Michael Douglas: Detective Nick Curran

Sharon Stone: Catherine Tramell

George Dzundza: Gus

Jeanne Tripplehorn: Dr. Beth Garner

Dorothy Malone: Hazel Dobkins

Denis Arndt: Lieutenant Walker

Leilani Sarelle: Roxy

Bruce A. Young: Andrews

Chelcie Ross: Captain Talcott

Wayne Knight: John Correli

Mitch Pileggi: Internal Affairs Investigator

Written by

Joe Eszterhas

Directed by

Paul Verhoeven

Genre

suspense, drama

Rating

R

Showtime Advisories

Adult Content, Rape, Adult Language, Violence, Nudity, Strong Sexual Content

Released

1992

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