Movie · 2001
The Man Who Wasn't There
Released 26 October 2001 116 min Crime / Drama More from 2001 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.
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How old were they?
Lilyan Chauvin
as Medium
Rick Scarry
as District Attorney
Alan Fudge
as Dr. Diedrickson
Max Thayer
as Witness (uncredited)
Richard Jenkins
as Walter Abundas
Christopher Kriesa
as Officer Persky
Jack McGee
as P.I. Burns
Jon Polito
as Creighton Tolliver
Tony Shalhoub
as Freddy Riedenschneider
Katherine Borowitz
as Ann Nirdlinger Brewster
Billy Bob Thornton
as Ed Crane
Michael Badalucco
as Frank
Frances McDormand
as Doris Crane
James Gandolfini
as Big Dave Brewster
Jennifer Jason Leigh
as Female Inmate (voice) (uncredited)
Brian Haley
as Officer Krebs
Gregg Binkley
as The New Man
Adam Alexi-Malle
as Jacques Carcanogues
Brooke Smith
as Sobbing Prisoner
Abraham Benrubi
as Party Man
Scarlett Johansson
as Birdy Abundas
Cherilyn Hayres
as Swing Dancer (uncredited)
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0.9×$20m budget became $19m at the box office
60years between the oldest and youngest billed
76Lilyan Chauvin — oldest on the call sheet
16Scarlett Johansson — youngest billed
46average age of the credited cast