Blood Simple

"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."

Cast

John Getz

as Ray

Frances McDormand

as Abby

Dan Hedaya

as Julian Marty

Samm-Art Williams

as Meurice

M. Emmet Walsh

as Private Detective

Deborah Neumann

as Debra

Raquel Gavia

as Landlady

Van Brooks

as Man from Lubbock

Señor Marco

as Mr. Garcia

William Creamer

as Old Cracker

Loren Bivens

as Strip Bar Exhorter

Bob McAdams

as Strip Bar Senator

Shannon Sedwick

as Stripper

Nancy Finger

as Girl on Overlook

William Preston Robertson

as Radio Evangelist (voice)

Holly Hunter

as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited)

Barry Sonnenfeld

as Marty's Vomiting (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Ethan Coen

Editor

Joel Coen

Director

Ethan Coen

Producer

Barry Sonnenfeld

Director of Photography

Carter Burwell

Original Music Composer

Joel Coen

Writer

David J. Frederick

Focus Puller

Dave Pearce

Art Department Assistant

Melanie Hecht

Production Assistant

Loren Bivens

Special Effects Coordinator

Don Kirk

Clapper Loader

Tom Prophet Jr.

Key Grip

Edna Ruth Paul

Editorial Consultant

Adam Smith

Production Assistant

Tom Martin

Production Assistant

Chelle Coleman

Wardrobe Assistant

Nancy Griffith

Set Dresser

Michael Peal

Art Department Assistant

Shannon Wood

Third Assistant Director

David Wander

Photo Retouching

Darrell Kreitz

Production Assistant

Shirley Belwood

Property Master

Richard Creasy

Best Boy Grip

Jeffrey Michael Adams

Art Department Assistant

Joey Forsyte

Gaffer

Murri Barber

Music Producer

Peter Golden

Casting Associate

David McGill

Production Assistant

Edith M. Clark

Casting

Ingrid Weigand

Production Assistant

Edith M. Clark

Location Manager

Alma Kuttruff

Production Office Coordinator

Victor Concepcion

Negative Cutter

Richard Woolsey

Production Assistant

Ethan Coen

Writer

Steve Love

Second Assistant Director

Don Hartack

Location Coordinator

Deborah Reinisch

First Assistant Director

Don Wiegmann

Electrician

Van Brooks

Production Assistant

Shawn Malone

Production Assistant

John Shaw

Electrician

Kathy Baker

Art Department Assistant

Webster Lewin

Production Assistant

Andreas Laven

Script Supervisor

Lizanne Brazell

Dialogue Coach

John Woodward

Production Assistant

Phil DiMaggio

Casting Associate

Blaine Pennington

Still Photographer

Joel Coen

Producer

Sara Medina-Pape

Costume Design

Jane Musky

Production Design

Marcos E. González

Assistant Property Master

Robert A. Sturtevant

Carpenter

Paul R. Smith

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Robert A. Sturtevant

Art Department Assistant

Lewis Goldstein

Sound Effects

Beth Perry

Graphic Designer

David J. Frederick

Assistant Camera

Joseph Lockwood

Driver

Steve Roll

Assistant Production Design

Blake Leyh

Sound Effects

Michael O'Sullivan

Special Effects

Angelo Louis Suasnovar Jr.

Grip

Todd Kasow

Music Editor

Ben Barenholtz

Presenter

Bruce Campbell

Stand In

Ted Pedas

Presenter

Kirk Hunter

Art Department Assistant

Bradford L. Hohle

Dolby Consultant

Ivan Bigley

Thanks

Hilary Nye

Thanks

George Majesski

Thanks

Jim Pedas

Presenter

Earl Miller

Thanks

Ron Seres

Thanks

Michael R. Miller

Sound Editor

Barry Moss

Casting

Mark Silverman

Associate Producer

Paul R. Smith

Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Fred Szymanski

Special Sound Effects

Daniel F. Bacaner

Executive Producer

Skip Lievsay

Sound Editor

Jun Mizumachi

Special Sound Effects

Don Wiegmann

Editor

Julie Hughes

Casting

Jean Ann Black

Makeup Artist

Mel Zelniker

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Lee Orloff

Sound Mixer

Peter F. Kurland

Boom Operator

Julie Gant

Assistant Electrician

Peggy Connolly

Assistant Editor

H. Harris Willcockson

Location Assistant

Sam Raimi

Production Consultant

Bruce Campbell

Production Consultant

Sheri Eisenberg

Colorist

Marty Mahoney

Animal Coordinator

Dan Perri

Title Designer

Joel Coen

Editor