Fargo(1996)

Poster of Fargo

Synopsis

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.
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 …
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In Theaters

  • March 8, 1996

MPAA Rating

R

Genres

Drama, Thriller, Comedy

Run Time

1 hour 37 minutes

Distributors

Gramercy Pictures

Box Office

$24,547,548

Directors

Joel Coen

Director

CAST

Frances McDormand

Marge Gunderson

William H. Macy

Jerry Lundegaard

Steve Buscemi

Carl Rolvaag

Peter Stormare

Gaear Grimsrud

Kristen Rudrud

Jean Lundegaard

Harve Presnell

Wade Gustafson
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