 The events in this film occur after the events in  _Manhunter (1986)_ (qv). Although there are several characters  common to both films, there are only two actors who appear in both  movies. Ironically, both actors play different characters in both  movies. Frankie Faison (qv) plays Lt. Fisk in Manhunter and Barney  in Silence of the Lambs, and Dan Butler (I) (qv) plays an FBI  fingerprint expert in Manhunter and an entomologist in Silence of  the Lambs.