Blood Simple

- Release Date: January 18, 1985
- Director: Joel Coen
- Screenwriters: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
- Producers: Ethan Coen and Mike Bacarella
- Distributor: Circle Films
- Cinematographer: Barry Sonnenfeld
- MPAA Rating: NR
- Run time: 97 minutes
- Awards: Best Actor and Best Director at the 1985 Independent Spirit Awards Vh1: Blood Simple Award
- Genres: crime
- Domestic Total Gross: $2,150,000 Box Office Mojo: Blood Simple Total Gross

Blood Simple is the debut film from The Coen Brothers. In a Texas town, a bar owner hires a private detective to kill his wife and her lover. The detective double-crosses the bar owner, leading to identity confusions and murderous conclusions.
Cast
- John Getz: Ray
- Frances McDormand: Abby
- Dan Hedaya: Marty
- M. Emmet Walsh: Visser
- Samm-Art Williams: Maurice
- Deborah Neumann: Debra
- Raquel Gavia: Landlady
- Shannon Sedwick: Stripper

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