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Blood Simple

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Time Out says

Hugely enjoyable film noir in which a Texan bar-owner hires a seedy private eye, first to spy on his wife, then to kill her and her lover. Instead, the eye (a marvellous performance from Walsh), having collected his fee, executes a variation on the contract. Whereupon things take off in a maelstrom of misunderstanding that spreads guilt and fear like a plague through the characters, and escalates a nightmarish terror (premature burial, murder by battery, crucifying impalement) that owes some debt to the horror comic. A remarkably assured debut for Coen, formerly assistant editor on The Evil Dead.

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Release Details

  • Duration:99 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:Joel Coen
  • Screenwriter:Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
  • Cast:
    • John Getz
    • Frances McDormand
    • Dan Hedaya
    • M Emmet Walsh
    • Samm-Art Williams
    • Deborah Neumann
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