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About 2007 film directed by Ethan and Joel Coen
Genres drama, Western, action, adventure, crime, mystery, neo-noir, thriller, gangster, suspense, crime thriller, psychological drama, contemporary Western, psychological thriller, crime drama
Directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Written by Cormac McCarthy, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson, Josh Brolin, Kelly Macdonald, Stephen Root, Caleb Landry Jones, Garret Dillahunt
Music Carter Burwell
Runtime 122 min
Country United States
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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