Fargo poster
Director Joel Coen
Screenplay Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Fargo

Tagline: A lot can happen in the middle of nowhere.

Release Date: 1996-03-08

Duration: 98 minutes

Synopsis

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!

Casting

  • Peter Stormare
    Gaear Grimsrud
  • Steve Buscemi
    Carl Showalter
  • Bruce Campbell
    Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited)
  • Frances McDormand
    Marge Gunderson
  • William H. Macy
    Jerry Lundegaard
  • John Carroll Lynch
    Norm Gunderson
  • Melissa Peterman
    Hooker #2
  • Harve Presnell
    Wade Gustafson
  • Larry Brandenburg
    Stan Grossman
  • Steve Reevis
    Shep Proudfoot