The Man Who Wasn't There
26/10/2001
2h

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.
Cast


Billy Bob Thornton
Ed Crane


Frances McDormand
Doris Crane


Michael Badalucco
Frank


James Gandolfini
Big Dave Brewster


Katherine Borowitz
Ann Nirdlinger Brewster


Jon Polito
Creighton Tolliver


Scarlett Johansson
Birdy Abundas


Richard Jenkins
Walter Abundas


Tony Shalhoub
Freddy Riedenschneider


Christopher Kriesa
Officer Persky


Brian Haley
Officer Krebs


Jack McGee
P.I. Burns


Gregg Binkley
The New Man


Alan Fudge
Dr. Diedrickson


Lilyan Chauvin
Medium


Adam Alexi-Malle
Jacques Carcanogues


Ted Rooney
Bingo Caller


Abraham Benrubi
Party Man
Christian Ferratti
Child


Rhoda Gemignani
Costanza


E.J. Callahan
Customer


Brooke Smith
Sobbing Prisoner
Ron Ross
Banker
Hallie Singleton
Waitress
Jon Donnelly
Gatto Eater


Dan Martin
Bailiff
Nicholas Lanier
Tony
Tom Dahlgren
Judge #1


Booth Colman
Judge #2


Stanley DeSantis
New Man's Customer


Peter Siragusa
Bartender


Christopher McDonald
Macadam Salesman


Rick Scarry
District Attorney
George Ives
Lloyd Garroway
Devon Cole Borisoff
Swimming Boy
Mary Bogue
Prisoner Visitor
Don Donati
Pie Contest Timer
Arthur Reeves
Flophouse Clerk
Michelle Weber
Dancer


Randi Cee
Dancer
Robert Loftin
Dancer


Kenneth Hughes
Dancer


Gordon Hart
Dancer
Brenda Mae Hamilton
Dancer
Lloyd Gordon
Dancer


Leonard Crofoot
Dancer


Rita Maye Bland
Dancer
Audrey K. Baranishyn
Dancer
Qyn Hughes
Dancer
Rachel McDonald
Dancer


Jennifer Jason Leigh
Female Inmate (voice) (uncredited)


Seymour Cassel
Spectator at Execution (uncredited)


Craig Berenson
Jail Guy (uncredited)


Joan Blair
Prison Matron (uncredited)


Greg Bronson
Courtroom Attendee (uncredited)


Geoffrey Gould
Alpine Rope Toss Man (uncredited)
Paul G. Gray
Man in Courtroom (uncredited)


Phil Hawn
Man in Courtroom (uncredited)


Cherilyn Hayres
Swing Dancer (uncredited)


John Michael Higgins
Emergency Room Physician (uncredited)


Pete Schrum
Truck Driver (uncredited)


Max Thayer
Witness (uncredited)


Spencer Kayden
Piano Recital Patron (uncredited)
Bob Shuttleworth
Prison Guard (uncredited)
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