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 Early Coen brothers.  Frances McDormand leaves her bar-owning husband for Ray.  Husband arranges a hit on her and beau.  Hit man fakes the murder, gets the money, shoots the outraged husband, gets the money.  

Coen touch follows.  McD's beau discovers body--thinks McD has killed her husband.  He drags body to car, intending to hide the evidence.  Turns out hubby isn't quite dead, starts moaning.  Ray -- repelled by his own act--finishes him off.  All Coen after.  Ray thinks McD is murderer.  McD has no idea her husband is dead. The hit man is after both Ray and McD.  

McD kills hit man after hit man kills her Ray, her beau.  Early, low budget, really pretty good.

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