A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.
A laconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife's boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong.
1949, Santa Rosa, California. A laconic, chain-smoking barber with fallen arches tells a story of a man trying to escape a humdrum life. It's a tale of suspected adultery, blackmail, foul play, death, Sacramento city slickers, racial slurs, invented war heroics, shaved legs, a gamine piano player, aliens, and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. Ed Crane cuts hair in his in-law's shop; his wife drinks and may be having an affair with her boss, Big Dave, who has $10,000 to invest in a second department store. Ed gets wind of a chance to make money in dry cleaning. Blackmail and investment are his opportunity to be more than a man no one notices. Settle in the chair and listen.
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SYNOPSIS
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Billy Bob Thornton | Ed Crane |
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Frances McDormand | Doris Crane |
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Michael Badalucco | Frank |
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James Gandolfini | Big Dave Brewster |
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Katherine Borowitz | Ann Nirdlinger Brewster |
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Jon Polito | Creighton Tolliver |
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Scarlett Johansson | Birdy Abundas |
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Richard Jenkins | Walter Abundas |
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Tony Shalhoub | Freddy Riedenschneider |
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Christopher Kriesa | Officer Persky |
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Brian Haley | Officer Krebs |
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Jack McGee | P.I. Burns |
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Gregg Binkley | New Man |
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Alan Fudge | Dr. Diedrickson |
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Lilyan Chauvin | Medium |
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Adam Alexi-Malle | Jacques Carcanogues |
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Ted Rooney | Bingo Caller |
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Abraham Benrubi | Party Man |
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Christian Ferratti | Child |
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Rhoda Gemignani | Costanza |
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E.J. Callahan | Customer |
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Brooke Smith | Sobbing Prisoner |
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Ron Ross | Banker |
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Hallie Singleton | Waitress |
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Jon Donnelly | Gatto Eater |
| Director | Joel Coen |
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| Ethan Coen |
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| Writer | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | |
| Producer | Tim Bevan, John Cameron, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Eric Fellner, Robert Graf | |
| Musician | Carter Burwell | |
| Photography | Roger Deakins | |
| Packaging | Jewel Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Audio Tracks | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 [English] |
| Subtitles | English (SDH) |
| Distributor | Universal |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Sep 08, 2015 |
| Regions | Region A | Region Free |
| Owner | Kerry & Dawn |
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| Location | Movies-01 |
| Storage Device | TD 38 |
| Purchased | On Feb 03, 2026 |
| Index | 1285 |
| Added Date | Feb 03, 2026 20:21:19 |
| Modified Date | Feb 03, 2026 22:16:29 |
| IMDB |
| TheMovieDb.org |