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.
Acting
Stone's career-defining, career-derailing star power.
Direction
Verhoeven weaponizes the male gaze against itself.
Writing
Eszterhas's trashy masterpiece of erotic manipulation.
Director
Paul Verhoeven
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
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gay rights groups protested the 'psycho lesbian' killer trope, yet the film became a queer cult classic anyway.
Sharon Stone's leg-crossing scene wasn't in the script; Verhoeven had her remove underwear without telling her how the shot would be used. She slapped him after seeing the final cut.
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