Blood Simple - Eine mörderische Nacht (1985)
Tief im Herzen von Texas. Eine attraktive, junge Ehefrau flieht in die Arme eines Angestellten ihres unwissenden Ehemannes. Erst einem schwerfälligen Privatdetektiv gelingt es, ihn von der Untreue seiner Frau zu überzeugen. Fortan lässt der Ehemann nichts unversucht, mit blinder Besessenheit den Mord an dem Paar zu arrangieren. Doch die vermeintlich simple Bluttat ist leichter gedacht als getan! Was als perfekter Mord geplant war, geht entsetzlich schief: Der Anstifter wird selbst zum Opfer – und die Liebenden zu ahnungslosen Zielscheiben eines berechnenden Killers. Ein Alptraum aus Betrug, Missverständnissen und tödlichen Geheimnissen nimmt seinen Lauf...
Der Regisseur: Joel Coen
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John Getz as Ray |
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Frances McDormand as Abby |
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Dan Hedaya as Julian Marty |
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Samm-Art Williams as Meurice |
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M. Emmet Walsh as Private Detective |
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Deborah Neumann as Debra |
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Raquel Gavia as Landlady |
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Van Brooks as Man from Lubbock |
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Señor Marco as Mr. Garcia |
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William Creamer as Old Cracker |
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Loren Bivens as Strip Bar Exhorter |
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Bob McAdams as Strip Bar Senator |
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Shannon Sedwick as Stripper |
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Nancy Finger as Girl on Overlook |
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William Preston Robertson as Radio Evangelist (voice) |
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Holly Hunter as Helene Trend (voice) (uncredited) |
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Barry Sonnenfeld as Marty's Vomiting (voice) (uncredited) |
| Editing | Ethan Coen | Editor |
| Directing | Joel Coen | Director |
| Production | Ethan Coen | Producer |
| Camera | Barry Sonnenfeld | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Carter Burwell | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Joel Coen | Writer |
| Camera | David J. Frederick | Focus Puller |
| Art | Dave Pearce | Art Department Assistant |
| Production | Melanie Hecht | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Loren Bivens | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Camera | Don Kirk | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Tom Prophet Jr. | Key Grip |
| Editing | Edna Ruth Paul | Editorial Consultant |
| Production | Adam Smith | Production Assistant |
| Production | Tom Martin | Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chelle Coleman | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Art | Nancy Griffith | Set Dresser |
| Art | Michael Peal | Art Department Assistant |
| Directing | Shannon Wood | Third Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | David Wander | Photo Retouching |
| Production | Darrell Kreitz | Production Assistant |
| Art | Shirley Belwood | Property Master |
| Camera | Richard Creasy | Best Boy Grip |
| Art | Jeffrey Michael Adams | Art Department Assistant |
| Lighting | Joey Forsyte | Gaffer |
| Sound | Murri Barber | Music Producer |
| Production | Peter Golden | Casting Associate |
| Production | David McGill | Production Assistant |
| Production | Edith M. Clark | Casting |
| Production | Ingrid Weigand | Production Assistant |
| Production | Edith M. Clark | Location Manager |
| Production | Alma Kuttruff | Production Office Coordinator |
| Editing | Victor Concepcion | Negative Cutter |
| Production | Richard Woolsey | Production Assistant |
| Writing | Ethan Coen | Writer |
| Directing | Steve Love | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Don Hartack | Location Coordinator |
| Directing | Deborah Reinisch | First Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Don Wiegmann | Electrician |
| Production | Van Brooks | Production Assistant |
| Production | Shawn Malone | Production Assistant |
| Lighting | John Shaw | Electrician |
| Art | Kathy Baker | Art Department Assistant |
| Production | Webster Lewin | Production Assistant |
| Directing | Andreas Laven | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Lizanne Brazell | Dialogue Coach |
| Production | John Woodward | Production Assistant |
| Production | Phil DiMaggio | Casting Associate |
| Camera | Blaine Pennington | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sara Medina-Pape | Costume Design |
| Art | Jane Musky | Production Design |
| Art | Marcos E. González | Assistant Property Master |
| Crew | Robert A. Sturtevant | Carpenter |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul R. Smith | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Art | Robert A. Sturtevant | Art Department Assistant |
| Sound | Lewis Goldstein | Sound Effects |
| Art | Beth Perry | Graphic Designer |
| Camera | David J. Frederick | Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Joseph Lockwood | Driver |
| Art | Steve Roll | Assistant Production Design |
| Sound | Blake Leyh | Sound Effects |
| Crew | Michael O'Sullivan | Special Effects |
| Camera | Angelo Louis Suasnovar Jr. | Grip |
| Sound | Todd Kasow | Music Editor |
| Crew | Ben Barenholtz | Presenter |
| Crew | Bruce Campbell | Stand In |
| Crew | Ted Pedas | Presenter |
| Art | Kirk Hunter | Art Department Assistant |
| Sound | Bradford L. Hohle | Dolby Consultant |
| Crew | Ivan Bigley | Thanks |
| Crew | Hilary Nye | Thanks |
| Crew | George Majesski | Thanks |
| Crew | Jim Pedas | Presenter |
| Crew | Earl Miller | Thanks |
| Crew | Ron Seres | Thanks |
| Sound | Michael R. Miller | Sound Editor |
| Production | Barry Moss | Casting |
| Production | Mark Silverman | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul R. Smith | Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Fred Szymanski | Special Sound Effects |
| Production | Daniel F. Bacaner | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Skip Lievsay | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Jun Mizumachi | Special Sound Effects |
| Editing | Don Wiegmann | Editor |
| Production | Julie Hughes | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean Ann Black | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Mel Zelniker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Lee Orloff | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Peter Kurland | Boom Operator |
| Lighting | Julie Gant | Assistant Electrician |
| Editing | Peggy Connolly | Assistant Editor |
| Production | H. Harris Willcockson | Location Assistant |
| Production | Sam Raimi | Production Consultant |
| Production | Bruce Campbell | Production Consultant |
| Editing | Sheri Eisenberg | Colorist |
| Crew | Marty Mahoney | Animal Coordinator |
| Art | Dan Perri | Title Designer |
| Editing | Joel Coen | Editor |