Blood Simple
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In a sweltering Texas town, a jealous bar owner hires a sleazy private detective in a yellow suit to murder his cheating wife and her bartender lover, setting off an intricate chain reaction of double-crosses, misunderstandings, and bloody paranoia where nobody knows the full truth. Joel and Ethan Coen's electrifying neo-noir debut starring Frances McDormand, John Getz, and M. Emmet Walsh with Carter Burwell's score.
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