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Jerry Lundegaard is a car salesman in Minneapolis who has gotten himself into debt and is so desperate for money that he hires two thugs to kidnap his own wife. Jerry will collect the ransom from her wealthy father, paying the thugs a small portion and keeping the rest to satisfy his debts. The scheme collapses when the thugs shoot a state trooper and two innocent bystanders in rural Minnesota, drawing local Police Chief Marge Gunderson into her first homicide investigation. At first unaware that the homicides are connected to a Minneapolis kidnapping, Chief Gunderson draws closer to Jerry Lundegaard as his situation further unravels.

Production
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment [gb](presents); Working Title Films [gb](in association with); Gramercy Pictures (I);

Cast Names
Bruce Campbell; Clifford Nelson; Lori J. Ness; William H. Macy; Steve Buscemi; Frances McDormand; Peter Stormare; Kristin Rudrüd; Harve Presnell; Tony Denman; Gary Houston; Sally Wingert; Kurt Schweickhardt; Larissa Kokernot; Melissa Peterman; Steve Reevis; Warren Keith; Steve Edelman; Sharon Anderson; Larry Brandenburg; James Gaulke; J. Todd Anderson; Michelle Suzanne LeDoux; John Carroll Lynch; Bruce Bohne; Petra Boden; Steve Park; Wayne A. Evenson; Cliff Rakerd; Jessica Shepherd;

Box Office
USD 24,611,975

Release Date
1996-03-08 (limited)
1996-04-05
2007-07-07 (Moonlit Matines Film Festival)

Genres
Crime; Drama; Thriller;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated R for strong violence, language and sexuality.

Running Time
1 hr. 38 min.

Director
Ethan Coen
Joel Coen

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