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The Man Who Wasn't There

The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)★ 8.0/10

R · US · 116 min · May 13, 2001

  • Crime
  • Drama

Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Written by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

A quiet Santa Rosa barber, Ed Crane, discovers his wife's affair in 1949. A shady dry-cleaning scheme offers him a way out, but his attempt to control his destiny spirals into a dark path of blackmail, murder, and deception.

Directed by

Joel CoenEthan Coen

Written by

Joel CoenEthan Coen

Cast & crew

Billy Bob ThorntonEd CraneFrances McDormandDoris CraneMichael BadaluccoFrankJames GandolfiniBig Dave BrewsterKatherine BorowitzAnn Nirdlinger BrewsterJon PolitoCreighton TolliverScarlett JohanssonBirdy AbundasRichard JenkinsWalter AbundasTony ShalhoubFreddy RiedenschneiderChristopher KriesaOfficer PerskyBrian HaleyOfficer KrebsJack McGeeP.I. BurnsGregg BinkleyNew ManAlan FudgeDr. DiedricksonLilyan ChauvinMediumAna-Sofia MastroiannaCarcanoguesTed RooneyBingo CallerAbraham BenrubiParty ManChristian FerrattiChildRhoda GemignaniCostanzaE.J. CallahanCustomerBrooke SmithSobbing PrisonerRon RossBankerHallie SingletonWaitressJon DonnellyGatto EaterDan MartinBailiffNicholas LanierTonyTom DahlgrenJudge #1Booth ColmanJudge #2Stanley DeSantisNew Man's CustomerPeter SiragusaBartenderChristopher McDonaldMacadam SalesmanRick ScarryDistrict AttorneyGeorge IvesLloyd GarrowayDevon Cole BorisoffSwimming BoyMary BoguePrisoner VisitorDon DonatiPie Contest TimerArthur ReevesFlophouse ClerkMichelle WeberDancerRandi CeeDancerRobert LoftinDancerKenneth HughesDancerGordon HartDancerBrenda Mae HamiltonDancerLloyd GordonDancerLeonard CrofootDancerRita BlandDancerAudrey K. BaranishynDancerQyn HughesDancerRachel McDonaldDancerCraig BerensonJail Guy (uncredited)Joan BlairPrison Matron (uncredited)Greg BronsonCourtroom Attendee (uncredited)Seymour CasselSpectator at execution (uncredited)Geoffrey GouldAlpine Rope Toss Man (uncredited)Paul G. GrayMan in Courtroom (uncredited)Phil HawnMan in Courtroom (uncredited)Cherilyn HayresSwing Dancer (uncredited)John Michael HigginsEmergency Room Physician (uncredited)Janis JonesWoman at Piano Recital (uncredited)Spencer KaydenPiano Recital Patron (uncredited)Jennifer Jason LeighFemale inmate (uncredited)Pete SchrumTruck Driver (uncredited)Bob ShuttleworthPrison Guard (uncredited)Max ThayerWitness (uncredited)