Blood Simple
1985
Passion led to Adultery. Adultery led to Murder. It all seemed so simple...
Directed by Joel Coen
User Rating
Intensity
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.
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- Director
- Joel Coen
- Written by
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Produced by
- Ethan Coen
- Composer
- Carter Burwell
- Cinematographer
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- Editors
- Don Wiegmann, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Makeup FX
- Paul R. Smith
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- Blood Simple.
- TMDB
- 7.2/10 (1,675 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 94% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 84/100
- IMDb
- 7.5/10 (115,011 votes)
Cast
John Getz
Ray
Frances McDormand
Abby
Dan Hedaya
Julian Marty
Samm-Art Williams
Meurice
M. Emmet Walsh
Private Detective
Deborah Neumann
Debra
Raquel Gavia
Landlady
Van Brooks
Man from Lubbock
Señor Marco
Mr. Garcia
William Creamer
Old Cracker
Loren Bivens
Strip Bar Exhorter
Bob McAdams
Strip Bar Senator
Shannon Sedwick
Stripper
Nancy Finger
Girl on Overlook
William Preston Robertson
Radio Evangelist (voice)
Holly Hunter
Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)
Barry Sonnenfeld
Marty's Vomiting (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
Joel Coen
Director
Ethan Coen
Writer
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
Barry Sonnenfeld
Director of Photography
Don Wiegmann
Editor
Jane Musky
Production Design
Daniel F. Bacaner
Executive Producer
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