Jerry Lundegaard, who works in his father-in-law's car
dealership, is an inept character who has gotten himself into debt. To pay his debts,
he has done some creative accounting in the hope of raising money, but GMAC has
threatened to no longer deal with Lundegaard and the car dealership because of his
questionable accounting. Desperate for money, the inept Lundegaard talks with two
criminals whom the dealership's mechanic, Shep Proudfoot, knows. They agree to kidnap
Lundegaard's wife and demand a ransom from Wade Guftason, her father. However, things
do not work out as Jerry has planned.
When Marge Gunderson,
the local police chief, follows the trail of murder to Lundegaard's office, Jerry is
nervous and evasive. He stutters when he talks, faltering in his answers about a
missing car on the dealer's lot. After Gunderson demands to talk to Wade Guftason,
Jerry, angrily storms out of the office, contending that he will locate the car.
Instead, he jumps into his car and flees in fear and desperation. Marge immediately
phones the state police and follows a lead on the
kidnappers.
When the state police locate Jerry in a motel
room, he tries to escape out of the window. But, the police grab him, and he breaks
down, crying and whimpering like a child.
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