I've read your interim memo on Lecter.I've read your interim memo on Lecter. You sure you've left nothing out?You sure you've left nothing out?
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
CRAWFORDCRAWFORD
A screenplay character in The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
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- 115
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- 27
- dialogue
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- 36
- shortest / longest
- 1 / 237
source review flagged 84 dialogue lines
Sample dialogue
When we get back, I want you to runWhen we get back, I want you to run that bug by the Smithsonian, see ifthat bug by the Smithsonian, see if they can identify it. Maybe it's gotthey can identify it. Maybe it's got some limited range, or it only breedssome limited range, or it only breeds at certain times of year... You foundat certain times of year... You found it, Starling, you deserve the credit.it, Starling, you deserve the credit.
scene 33 — EXT. BACK STEPS OF THE FUNERAL HOMEEXT. BACK STEPS OF THE FUNERAL HOME -- DAYDAYWhy not?Why not?
scene 29 — INT. RENTAL CAR - DAY (DRIVING)INT. RENTAL CAR - DAY (DRIVING)Blue square for Belvedere, Ohio, whereBlue square for Belvedere, Ohio, where the Bimmel girl was abducted. Bluethe Bimmel girl was abducted. Blue triangle where her body was found -triangle where her body was found - down here in Missouri. Same marks fordown here in Missouri. Same marks for the other four girls, in differentthe other four girls, in different colors. This new one, today... washedcolors. This new one, today... washed up here.up here.
scene 28 — INT. BEECHCRAFT PLANE - DAY (FLYING)INT. BEECHCRAFT PLANE - DAY (FLYING)When I told that sheriff we shouldn'tWhen I told that sheriff we shouldn't talk in front of a woman, that reallytalk in front of a woman, that really burned you, didn't it?burned you, didn't it?
scene 33 — EXT. BACK STEPS OF THE FUNERAL HOMEEXT. BACK STEPS OF THE FUNERAL HOME -- DAYDAYWho the hell's fault is -Who the hell's fault is -
scene 90 — INT. FBI BUILDING - OFFICE OF THE DIRECTORINT. FBI BUILDING - OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR -- DAYDAY
Bookends
No, Starling, there isn't time. AndNo, Starling, there isn't time. And you've stillyou've still got crucial work to do ingot crucial work to do in Ohio. We want him for murder, notOhio. We want him for murder, not kidnapping. I'm counting on you tokidnapping. I'm counting on you to link him to the Bimmel girl, beforelink him to the Bimmel girl, before he's indicted.he's indicted.