退屈な日々を送る理髪師に転機が訪れる。彼が思いついたちょっとした恐喝は、悪夢のような日々の始まりだった。
共作で数々の名作を世に送り出したアメリカのコーエン兄弟監督・脚本によるクライムサスペンス。2001年カンヌ国際映画祭最優秀監督賞、ナショナル・ボード・オブ・レビュー最優秀主演男優賞を受賞したほか、多数の賞を獲得した。原題は『The Man Who Wasn’t There』。
A young businessman goes to a magic expert to learn hardness and skill with his cynical and greedy collaborators. He becomes a very good tap dancer, but will he be able to get free of his old boss?
When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orders from each other in order to plan an escape. Harry Frigg is a private who has escaped from the guard house dozens of times. He is promoted to Major General and ordered to get the generals out once he is captured. Harry is willing to escape, but then he meets the countess...
While on a business trip, Tom Phillips is in a car accident caused by a reckless driver. Tom survives the accident with a severe chronic back injury which results in him not being able to continue with his current business. The Phillips' buy a motel in the California desert and Tom with his wife Peg and their two children, Tina and Jamie make the long road trip to their new home. As they approach their destination they are terrorized by reckless teenage hot-rodders looking for kicks.