| Fed up of his business partner, Ernest Trend hires the services of two exterminators. When things go drastically wrong and they murder the wrong man, the race is on to frame an innocent video surveillance man. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 12, 1985 |
|---|---|
| Director: | Sam Raimi |
| Writer: | Sam Raimi, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen |
| Genres: | Comedy, Horror, Crime |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, Renaissance Pictures, Embassy Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $5,101
Budget: $3,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Reed Birney | Vic Ajax |
| Louise Lasser | Helene Trend |
| Sheree J. Wilson | Nancy |
| Paul L. Smith | Faron Crush |
| Brion James | Arthur Coddish |
| Edward R. Pressman | Ernest Trend |
| Bruce Campbell | Renaldo 'The Heel' |
| Frances McDormand | Nun |
| Anne Cooper | Nun |
| Bridget Hoffman | Nun |
| Richard Bright | Officer Brennan |
| Antonio Fargas | Blind Man |
| Hamid Dana | Donald Odegard |
| John Hardy | Mr. Yarman |
| Emil Sitka | Colonel Rodgers |
| Hal Youngblood | Jack Elroy |
| Sean Farley | Jack Elroy Jr. |
| Richard DeManincor | Officer Garvey |
| Carrie Hall | Cheap Dish |
| Wiley Harker | Governor |
| Julius Harris | Hardened Convict |
| Ralph Drischell | Executioner |
| Robert Symonds | Guard #1 |
| Patrick Stack | Guard #2 |
| Philip A. Gillis | Priest |
| Carol Brinn | Old Woman |
| Matthew Taylor | Muscleman |
| Perry Mallette | Grizzled Veteran |
| Chuck Gaidica | Weatherman |
| Jimmie Launce | Announcer |
| Joseph French | Bandleader |
| Ted Raimi | Waiter |
| Dennis Chaitlin | Fat Waiter |
| Ethan Coen | Reporter at execution (uncredited) |
| Joel Coen | Reporter at execution (uncredited) |
| Dan Nelson | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Robert Tapert | Bar patron in Rialto (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Sam Raimi | Writer, Director |
| Ethan Coen | Writer |
| Joel Coen | Writer |
| Kaye Davis | Editor |
| Barbara J. Boguski | ADR Editor |
| Robert Primes | Director of Photography |
| Kathie Weaver | Editor |
| Arlon Ober | Original Music Composer |
| Deborah K. Larsen | Makeup Artist |
| Kurt Rauf | Props |
| Duane Hartzell | Dialogue Editor |
| Don MacDougall | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| David Lewis Yewdall | Sound Designer |
| Michael Kelly | Editor |
| Barbara Claman | Casting |
| Kim Thrasher | Set Dresser |
| Burr Huntington | Sound Mixer |
| Glenn Richter | Boom Operator |
| Martin Bresin | Special Effects |
| Dick Le Grand | Sound Effects Editor |
| Charles Ewing Smith | Sound Effects Editor |
| William D. Harrison | Special Effects Assistant |
| John Cameron | Second Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Robert Tapert | Producer |
| Edward R. Pressman | Executive Producer |
| Irvin Shapiro | Executive Producer |
| Cary Glieberman | Associate Producer |
| Bruce Campbell | Co-Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 7 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 864 | 912 |