A story so unbelievable it must be true.
In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.
$5,000,000
$9,206,470
April 27, 2012
Mandalay Vision, Detour Filmproduction
149 people
Jack Black
Bernie Tiede
Acting
Shirley MacLaine
Marjorie Nugent
Acting
Matthew McConaughey
Danny Buck Davidson
Acting
Brady Coleman
Scrappy Holmes
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Richard Robichaux
Lloyd Hornbuckle
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Rick Dial
Don Leggett
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Brandon Smith
Sheriff Huckabee
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Larry Jack Dotson
Rev. Woodard
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Merrilee McCommas
Molly
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Mathew Greer
Carl
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Marjorie Dome
Townsperson
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Tim Cariker
Townsperson
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