Film · Crime
Blood Simple
“Passion led to Adultery. Adultery led to Murder. It all seemed so simple...”
19851h 37mDir Joel Coen7.2TMDB
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.
Top Cast
17 total
John Getz
as Ray
Frances McDormand
as Abby
Dan Hedaya
as Julian Marty
Samm-Art Williams
as Meurice
M. Emmet Walsh
as Private Detective
Deborah Neumann
as Debra
Raquel Gavia
as Landlady
Van Brooks
as Man from Lubbock
The scene we cut
You want me to kill him
"You want me to kill him?" Loren Visser, the worst private detective in Texas, takes the job.
The Coens shot a fake trailer first and showed it to potential investors to raise the budget. It was Frances McDormand's first film; she married Joel Coen the same year.
All the scenes we have cutOn Film Fanatics
Where Blood Simple shows up.
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