8554 reviews
Crime/Drama
1h 38m
1996
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a...

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!
- DirectorJoel Coen
- Release8 March 1996
- Genre
- Duration1h 38m
- Budget$7,000,000
- Revenue$60,611,975
- Rate8554 reviews
- Productions
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films
Cast

Frances McDormand
Marge Gunderson

William H. Macy
Jerry Lundegaard

Steve Buscemi
Carl Showalter

Peter Stormare
Gaear Grimsrud

Harve Presnell
Wade Gustafson

John Carroll Lynch
Norm Gunderson

Kristin Rudrüd
Jean Lundegaard

Bruce Bohne
Lou

Steve Reevis
Shep Proudfoot

Steve Park
Mike Yanagita

Gary Houston
Irate Customer

Sally Wingert
Irate Customer's Wife

Larissa Kokernot
Hooker #1

Melissa Peterman
Hooker #2

Tony Denman
Scotty Lundegaard

Larry Brandenburg
Stan Grossman

Michelle Hutchison
Escort

Warren Keith
Reilly Diefenbach (voice)

James Gaulke
State Trooper

Jessica Shepherd
Hotel Clerk

David S. Lomax
Man in Hallway

José Feliciano
José Feliciano

Bruce Campbell
Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited)
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