Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt… but he’s got a plan. He’s going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It’s going to be a snap and nobody’s going to get hurt… until people start dying.
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Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing – and extremely pregnant – investigator who’ll stop at nothing to get her man.
And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom… you betcha!
MOVIE INFORMATION
Release Date: March 8, 1996
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Type: Movie
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Language: English
Subtitle Language: English
Runtime: 98 minutes
Writer: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Director: Joel Coen
Cast
Frances McDormand (Marge Gunderson)
William H. Macy (Jerry Lundegaard)
Steve Buscemi (Carl Showalter)
Peter Stormare (Gaear Grimsrud)
Harve Presnell (Wade Gustafson)
John Carroll Lynch (Norm Gunderson)
Kristin Rudrüd (Jean Lundegaard)
Bruce Bohne (Lou)
Steve Reevis (Shep Proudfoot)
Steve Park (Mike Yanagita)
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