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!

GENRES:  Crime • Drama • Thriller
DIRECTION:  Joel Coen

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Frances McDormand Marge Gunderson
William H. Macy Jerry Lundegaard
Steve Buscemi Carl Showalter
Peter Stormare Gaear Grimsrud
John Carroll Lynch Norm Gunderson
Harve Presnell Wade Gustafson
Kristin Rudrüd Jean Lundegaard
Bruce Bohne Lou
Steve Reevis Shep Proudfoot
Stephen Park Mike Yanagita
Gary Houston Irate Customer
Sally Wingert Irate Customer's Wife

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