Basic Instinct

Theatrical - Wide 1992-03-20

Cast Michael Douglas Sharon Stone George Dzundza Jeanne Tripplehorn Denis Arndt
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Written by Joe Eszterhas

Box Office Gross: $352,927,224

Running Time: 128 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Carolco Pictures, Le Studio Canal+

Genres: Mystery Thriller

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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.

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