But the question remains: did Catherine kill Johnny Boz, or is someone trying to frame her?įrom there the investigation starts to unravel. But after a memorable interrogation (including Stone’s famous leg-crossing scene) by homicide detective Nick Curran, played by Michael Douglas, Catherine passes a lie detector test and is released. The sexually provocative Tramell is an author, and she’s written a novel featuring a killing with many similarities to Boz’s murder. The unfortunate rocker was killed while in a passionate embrace with a mystery woman, and all clues soon point to Boz’s girlfriend Catherine Tramell (as the main suspect). The film centers on the investigation of the murder of musician Johnny Boz, played by Bill Cable, who is found stabbed to death.
This erotic psychological thriller, directed by Paul Verhoeven and produced by Alan Marshall, starred Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone in a titillating and at times brutally violent game of cat and mouse. It’s hard to believe Basic Instinct was released more than 30 years ago. American, Apartment, Beach/Oceanview, Police/Jails
