The film opens with a short voice-over monologue voiced by M. Emmet Walsh as various images of the Texas landscape are shown. The film then shifts to a conversation between Abby (Frances McDormand) and Ray (John Getz) in a car as it drives through a heavy downpour at night.

• Blood Simple
• John Getz
• Frances McDormand
• Dan Hedaya
• Joel Coen
• Ethan Coen