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Man Who Wasn't There (The)

Country: USA, Language: English, 116 mins

  • Director: Joel Coen; Ethan Coen
  • Writer: Joel Coen; Ethan Coen
  • Producer: Tim Bevan; John Cameron

CGiii Comment

Sometimes, everything just falls into place - this just works like a dream.

The lighting, the music and the performances.....all these make this a truly wonderful film.

The Coen Brothers have excelled - un-missable.


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The(ir) Blurb...

1949, Santa Rosa, California. A laconic, chain-smoking barber with fallen arches tells a story of a man trying to escape a humdrum life. It's a tale of suspected adultery, blackmail, foul play, death, Sacramento city slickers, racial slurs, invented war heroics, shaved legs, a gamine piano player, aliens, and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. Ed Crane cuts hair in his in-law's shop; his wife drinks and may be having an affair with her boss, Big Dave, who has $10,000 to invest in a second department store. Ed gets wind of a chance to make money in dry cleaning. Blackmail and investment are his opportunity to be more than a man no one notices. Settle in the chair and listen.

Cast & Characters

Billy Bob Thornton as Ed Crane;
Frances McDormand as Doris Crane;
Michael Badalucco as Frank;
James Gandolfini as Big Dave Brewster;
Katherine Borowitz as Ann Nirdlinger Brewster;
Jon Polito as Creighton Tolliver;
Scarlett Johansson as Birdy Abundas;
Richard Jenkins as Walter Abundas;
Tony Shalhoub as Freddy Riedenschneider;
Christopher Kriesa as Officer Persky;
Brian Haley as Officer Krebs;
Jack McGee as P.I. Burns;
Gregg Binkley as The New Man;
Alan Fudge as Dr. Diedrickson;
Lilyan Chauvin as Medium