Director: Joel Coen
Writer: Ethan Coen
Studio: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Release Date: 01/1996
Countries: USA
Runtime: 98 min
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 52 wins & 30 nominations
Description: Frances McDormand won an Oscar for her turn as pregnant police chief Marge Gunderson -- a serious sleuth who's sharper than her folksy accent suggests -- in this Coen brothers black comedy that also earned the siblings a nod for Best Screenplay. William H. Macy co-stars as a car dealer who conspires with hotheaded kidnappers (Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare) to kidnap his wife (Kristin Rudrüd) so he can pocket part of the hefty ransom.
Actors
| José Feliciano | |
| Steve Buscemi | Carl Showalter |
| William H. Macy | Jerome 'Jerry' Lundegaard |
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| Frances McDormand | |
| Gary Houston | Irate Customer |
| Harve Presnell | Wade Gustafson |
| John Carroll Lynch | |
| Kristin Rudrüd | Jean Lundegaard |
| Kurt Schweickhardt | Car Salesman |
| Larissa Kokernot | Hooker #1 |
| Melissa Peterman | Hooker #2 |
| Peter Stormare | Gaear Grimsrud |
| Sally Wingert | Irate Customer's Wife |
| Sharon Anderson | Morning Show Hostess |
| Steve Edelman | Morning Show Host |
| Steve Park | |
| Steve Reevis | Shep Proudfoot (as Steven Reevis) |
| Tony Denman | Scotty Lundegaard |
| Warren Keith | Reilly Diefenbach (voice) |
| Kristin Rudrud | |
