The Silence of the Lambs (film) The Silence of the Lambs (film) The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American psychological horror-thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme from a screenplay written by Ted Tally, adapted from Thomas Harris's 1988 novel of the same name. The film stars Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, and Anthony Heald. In the film, Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, seeks the advice of the imprisoned Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer to apprehend another serial killer, known only as "Buffalo Bill", who skins his female victims' corpses. The novel was Harris's first and
Jodie Foster breadwinners of the family during this time. She had recurring roles in "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" (1969–1971) and "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (1973), and starred opposite Christopher Connelly in the short-lived "Paper Moon" (1974), adapted from the hit film. Foster also appeared in films, mostly for Disney. After a role in the television film "Menace on the Mountain" (1970), she made her feature film debut in "Napoleon and Samantha" (1972), playing a girl who becomes friends with a boy, played by Johnny Whitaker, and his pet lion. She was accidentally grabbed by the lion on set,