Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Blood Simple (1984)

Blood Simple (1984) -- (Movie Clip) Lover Boy Ought To Lock His Door

Writer-directors Joel and Ethan Coen begin with very-estranged husband Julian (Dan Hedaya) and Abby (Frances McDormand) spending the evening apart, her at the home of his employee, her new lover Ray (John Getz), with much action and some famous shots, in Blood Simple,1984.

Blood Simple (1984) -- (Movie Clip) You're On Your Own

Initial comments by M. Emmet Walsh as private eye Visser, whom we’ll meet later, then joining Ray (John Getz) and Abby (Frances McDormand) in the car, the actress the wife of co-writer and co-director Joel Coen, in the acclaimed debut by Coen and brother Ethan, Blood Simple,1984.

Blood Simple (1984) -- (Movie Clip) Whenever You Want To Cut Off My Head

First on-camera appearance by M. Emmet Walsh as improvising private detective Visser, and the introduction of Dan Hedaya as Texas night-club owner Julian Marty, confronted with more evidence than he wanted about his wife’s activities, in Joel and Ethan Coen’s first feature, Blood Simple,1984.