Movie · 1996
Fargo
“A lot can happen in the middle of nowhere.”
Released 8 March 1996 98 min Crime / Drama / Thriller More from 1996 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!
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How old were they?
Harve Presnell
as Wade Gustafson
Larry Brandenburg
as Stan Grossman
William H. Macy
as Jerry Lundegaard
Peter Stormare
as Gaear Grimsrud
Kristin Rudrüd
as Jean Lundegaard
Frances McDormand
as Marge Gunderson
Steve Buscemi
as Carl Showalter
Bruce Campbell
as Soap Opera Actor on TV (uncredited)
Steve Reevis
as Shep Proudfoot
Steve Park
as Mike Yanagita
John Carroll Lynch
as Norm Gunderson
Bruce Bohne
as Lou
Gary Houston
as Irate Customer
Sally Wingert
as Irate Customer's Wife
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The numbers
8.7×$7m budget became $61m at the box office
30years between the oldest and youngest billed
62Harve Presnell — oldest on the call sheet
32John Carroll Lynch — youngest billed
41average age of the credited cast