On a rainy night, Ray (John Getz) and Abby (Frances McDormand) are having an affair in a hotel. Ray is a bartender, and Abby is the wife of the bar owner Maddy (Dan Hedaya). Maddy suspects his wife of cheating, so she hires detective Wes to investigate. Maddy, who knows the truth, is furious and sneaks into Ray's house, trying to kidnap his wife, but is injured in the fight. Maddy secretly meets Wes and decides to spend money to kill the two. Wes sneaks into Ray's house and finds Abby's pistol. After returning, Wes shows Maddy the photos of the two people being killed, and takes advantage of Maddy's unpreparedness to shoot her to death. Ray finds Maddy's body and mistakenly thinks it was Abby who did it, so he destroys the body. At night, Ray returns to the bar again and is shocked to find the fake photos Wes made. At this time, Ray and Abby don't know that the threat of death is approaching step by step... This film is the Coen brothers' debut work, created in 1984, with only $800,000 and completed in 2 months. In 2009, producer Zhang Weiping spent $2 million to purchase the copyright of this film and invited Zhang Yimou to shoot "Three Shots Surprise" based on it.