William H. Macy plays Jerry Lundegaard, a Minneapolis car salesman who is, by all accounts, a loser. He is desperately in debt, so decides to hires two thugs (who are bigger losers than he is) to kidnap his wife in the hope that his wealthy father-in-law (who bullies him regularly) will pay the ransom. When one of the kidnappers goes off the rails and events career out of control, it falls to Marge Gunderson, Chief of the Brainerd Police Department, to set things right.
Directed by
Joel Coen. Ethan Coen (uncredited)
Written by
Joel Coen (written by) & Ethan Coen (written by)
Starring
William H. Macy (Jerry Lundegaard); Steve Buscemi (Carl Showalter); Peter Stormare (Gaear Grimsrud); Kristin Rudrüd (Jean Lundegaard); Harve Presnell (Wade Gustafson); Tony Denman (Scotty Lundegaard); Gary Houston (Irate Customer); Sally Wingert (Irate Customer's Wife); Kurt Schweickhardt (Car Salesman). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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