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Jerry Lundegaard is a car salesman in Minneapolis who has gotten himself into debt and is so desperate for money that he hires two thugs to kidnap his own wife. Jerry will collect the ransom from her wealthy father, paying the thugs a small portion and keeping the rest to satisfy his debts. The scheme collapses when the thugs shoot a state trooper and two innocent bystanders in rural Minnesota, drawing local Police Chief Marge Gunderson into her first homicide investigation. At first unaware that the homicides are connected to a Minneapolis kidnapping, Chief Gunderson draws closer to Jerry Lundegaard as his situation further unravels.
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| Production Status: |
Released |
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| Genres: |
Comedy, Drama and Thriller |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 37 min. |
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| Release Date: |
March 8, 1996 |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R |
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| Distributors: |
Gramercy Pictures
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| Production Co.: |
Working Title Films, Polygram Filmed Entertainment
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$24,547,547 |
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| Filming Locations: |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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| Produced in: |
United States |
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