The Coens return to the film noir terrain of their debut Blood Simple in this twisting tale of infidelity, blackmail and death. Set in northern California in the late 1940s, it's the story of Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton), a small-town barber who's dissatisfied with his life. An encounter with a travelling entrepreneur, and the knowledge of his wife's (Frances McDormand) infidelity with 'Big Dave' Brewster (James Gandolfini) presents Ed with...

A brooding, romantic thriller of conflicted loyalties: a beautiful young woman with a shady past is enlisted by a sardonic US government agent to infiltrate a ring of Nazi spies at work in America.