Fargo

Fargo

98 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | March 8, 1996

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!

Fargo

98 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | March 8, 1996

Fargo
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!
IMDb rating 8.1
Producers PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films
Original title Fargo
Directors Michelangelo Csaba Bolla, Brian O'Kelley, James Alan Hensz, Donald Murphy, T. Kukovinski, Joel Coen
Writers Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Cast

Frances McDormand

as Marge Gunderson

William H. Macy

as Jerry Lundegaard

Steve Buscemi

as Carl Showalter

Peter Stormare

as Gaear Grimsrud

John Carroll Lynch

as Norm Gunderson

Harve Presnell

as Wade Gustafson

Kristin Rudrüd

as Jean Lundegaard

Bruce Bohne

as Lou

Steve Reevis

as Shep Proudfoot

Steve Park

as Mike Yanagita

Gary Houston

as Irate Customer

Sally Wingert

as Irate Customer's Wife

Larissa Kokernot

as Hooker #1

Melissa Peterman

as Hooker #2

Tony Denman

as Scotty Lundegaard

Larry Brandenburg

as Stan Grossman

Kurt Schweickhardt

as Car Salesman

Michelle Hutchison

as Escort

Bain Boehlke

as Mr. Mohra

Warren Keith

as Reilly Diefenbach (voice)

Michelle LeDoux

as Victim In Car

Bruce Campbell

as Soap Opera Actor on TV

Sharon Anderson

as Morning Show Hostess