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Blood Simple

Name: Blood Simple
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1985-01-18
Duration: 1 h 37 min

1985 · 1h 37m · R · English · United States of America

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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Details

Director: Joel Coen
Writers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Release date: January 18, 1985
Runtime: 1h 37m
Original language: English
Production countries: United States of America
Production companies: River Road Productions, Foxton Entertainment
Certification: R
Budget: $1,500,000
Revenue: $4,229,114

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Keywords

husband wife relationshipbosstexasloveremployeemoneykillerdouble crossextramarital affairshallow graveprivate detectivehired killerneo-noir

Cast

John Getz

Ray

Frances McDormand

Abby

Dan Hedaya

Julian Marty

Samm-Art Williams

Meurice

M. Emmet Walsh

Private Detective

Deborah Neumann

Debra

Raquel Gavia

Landlady

Van Brooks

Man from Lubbock

Señor Marco

Mr. Garcia

William Creamer

Old Cracker

Loren Bivens

Strip Bar Exhorter

Bob McAdams

Strip Bar Senator

Shannon Sedwick

Stripper

Nancy Finger

Girl on Overlook

William Preston Robertson

Radio Evangelist (voice)

Holly Hunter

Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)

Barry Sonnenfeld

Marty's Vomiting (voice) (uncredited)

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