In the movie "Silence of the Lambs", what was the name of Buffalo Bill's dog?

"Silence of the Lambs" is a 1991 movie starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins which won 5 Academy Awards. Winning categories were: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay. It was also nominated for Sound and Film Editing.

The story is about an FBI agent-in-training Clarice Starling (Foster) assigned to interview the serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter aka "Hannibal the Cannibal" (Hopkins). The FBI was looking for any information which would aid in the capture of serial killer "Buffalo Bill", played by Ted Levine. Jame Gumb was called "Buffalo Bill" because he would slice the skin off his victims in various patterns.

When the daughter of a U.S. Senator is kidnapped by Gumb and placed into a large hole, she attempts to escape by luring Gumb's adored poodle "Precious" into the hole. A standoff is in process when Agent Starling arrives and ultimately shoots Gumb in a series of intense scenes.

What became of Precious we're not really certain, but after being rescued we see the Senator's daughter, Catherine, leaving Gumb's house carrying the dog, so it's assumed she keeps it.

The Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB) ranks "Silence of the Lambs" number 24 in its list of greatest movies of all time.

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JohnnyRoulette

Buffalo Bill is one of my favorite film characters of all-time. There should absolutely be a sitcom with Buffalo Bill, Forrest Gump and Carl from Slingblade as roommates

Donna Smith

Got the correct answer.

Keith Minnix

Martha Stewart stopped dating Anthony Hopkins after she saw his performance in the movie.

babolataeropro

During the movie Buffalo Bill called HIS dog Precious. Standing over the hole BB and Catherine were referring to the dog as Precious. No one cares what the dogs real name is or what it says in the script. The correct answer is Precious.

Becca Blackstar

Precious was the dogs name.

Cheryl McMeekin

Got it

Diane Lynn Kinsman

Got it

Markus Csak

The dogs name was actually Darla, Precious was the nickname the only reason Precious is thought to be the name is because of the Facebook page a fan created unknowingly calling her by her nickname instead of the scripted name Darla. The script name is Darla and it is also mentioned in the movie.

jack patti go

Not my cup of tea! But I knew the dogs name!

Annie

Shades of Tolkien (my precious).

Shirley Dutt

Never saw the movie. Don't care for those kinds of movies.

Suzanne Beer

Got it

filmnut

I love the character “Hannibal Lecter” . . . I named my Rottweiler “Hannibal”. He the sweetest Rottweiler you ever want to meat. He sure does like “Chianti” on his “Graveyard Train”. . . go figure?