Basic Instinct
4177 reviews
Thriller/Mystery
2h 8m
1992
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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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.
- DirectorPaul Verhoeven
- Release20 March 1992
- Genre
- Duration2h 8m
- Budget$49,000,000
- Revenue$352,927,224
- Rate4177 reviews
- Productions
Carolco Pictures, Le Studio Canal+
Cast

Michael Douglas
Detective Nick Curran

Sharon Stone
Catherine Tramell

George Dzundza
Gus

Jeanne Tripplehorn
Dr. Beth Garner

Denis Arndt
Lieutenant Walker

Leilani Sarelle
Roxy

Bruce A. Young
Andrews

Chelcie Ross
Captain Talcott

Dorothy Malone
Hazel Dobkins

Wayne Knight
John Correli

Daniel von Bargen
Lieutenant Nilsen

Stephen Tobolowsky
Dr. Lamott

Benjamin Mouton
Harrigan

Jack McGee
Sheriff

Bill Cable
Johnny Boz

Stephen Rowe
Internal Affairs Investigator

Mitch Pileggi
Internal Affairs Investigator

Mary Pat Gleason
Juvenile Officer

Freda Foh Shen
Berkeley Registrar

James Rebhorn
Dr. McElwaine

David Wells
Polygraph Examiner

Bradford English
Campus Policeman

Adilah Barnes
Nurse

Irene Olga López
Maid

Juanita Jennings
Receptionist

Michael David Lally
Detective

Peter Appel
Detective

Eric Poppick
Coroner's Guy

Kayla Blake
Roxy's Friend

Anne Lockhart
Disco Patron (uncredited)

Pui Fan Lee
Mrs. Rollins (uncredited)

Theodore Carl Soderberg
Disco Bartender (uncredited)
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