Blood Simple (1984)

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

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Runtime: 97 mins Revenue: $3,851,855 Budget: $1,500,000 Rating: 7.4 Tag Line: Breaking up is hard to do.

Cast

M. Emmet Walsh

Loren Visser

Samm-Art Williams

Meurice

Frances McDormand

Abby

Barry Sonnenfeld

Passenger on Gomez's train

Dan Hedaya

Mr. Waturi

Holly Hunter

Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)

John Getz

Ray

Raquel Gavia

Landlady

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Crew

Joel Coen

Director

Joel Coen

Author

Joel Coen

Screenplay

Ethan Coen

Screenplay

Ethan Coen

Producer

Ethan Coen

Editor

Carter Burwell

Original Music Composer

Jane Musky

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