Blood Simple

Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery

John Getz	Ray
Frances McDormand	Abby
Dan Hedaya	Julian Marty
M. Emmet Walsh	Private Detective Loren Visser
Samm-Art Williams	Meurice
Deborah Neumann	Debra
Señor Marco	Mr. Garcia

Director	Joel Coen; Ethan Coen
Producer	Ethan Coen; Daniel F. Bacaner
Writer	Ethan Coen; Joel Coen
Cinematography	Barry Sonnenfeld
Musician	Carter Burwell

“Blood Simple” takes place down in Texas where a wealthy and jealous salon keeper, Julian Marty (Dan Hedaya) is convinced his wife, Abby (Frances McDormand) is cheating on him. So Mary does the most logical thing and hires a private investigator, Loren Visser (M. Emmet Walsh) to spy on his wife. This is where he learns the object of Abby’s affections is Ray (John Getz) of Marty’s bartenders. However Visser has other plans and calculates how to play Marty and Abby against one another and reap the profits especially when Marty demands his wife’s death. This is when the backstabbing and double crossing really begins and no one knows whom he or she can trust.