The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen.

Cast

• Tim Blake Nelson as Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
• Willie Watson as The Kid (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
• Clancy Brown as Curly Joe (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
• Danny McCarthy as Curly Joe's Brother (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
• David Krumholtz as Frenchman (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
• Thomas Wingate as Gun Check Man (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
• Tim DeZarn as Mean-Eyed Card Player (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
• E.E. Bell as Piano Player (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
• Alejandro Patiño as Cantina Bartender (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
• Tom Proctor as Cantina Bad Man (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
• Clinton Roberts as Cantina Scum (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
• Matthew Willig as Cantina Scum (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
• Jesse Youngblood as Cantina Scum (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
• J.J. Dashnaw as Cantina Scum (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
• James Franco as Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")
• Stephen Root as Teller (segment "Near Algodones")
• Ralph Ineson as Posse Leader (segment "Near Algodones")
• Mike Watson as Posse (segment "Near Algodones")
• Brian Brown as Posse (segment "Near Algodones")
• Ryan Brown as Posse (segment "Near Algodones")
• Richard Bucher as Posse (segment "Near Algodones")
• Jesse Luken as Drover (segment "Near Algodones")
• Michael Cullen as Judge (segment "Near Algodones")
• Austin Rising as Bailiff (segment "Near Algodones")
• James 'Scotty' Augare as Comanche Chief (segment "Near Algodones")
• Liam Neeson as Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")
• Harry Melling as Artist (segment "Meal Ticket")
• Jiji Hise as The Bawd (segment "Meal Ticket")
• Paul Rae as Chicken Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")
• Tom Waits as Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon")
• Sam Dillon as Young Man (segment "All Gold Canyon")
• Bill Heck as Billy Knapp (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
• Zoe Kazan as Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
• Grainger Hines as Mr. Arthur (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
• Jefferson Mays as Gilbert Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
• Prudence Wright Holmes as Boarding House Landlady (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
• Eric Petersen as Boarder (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
• Doris Hargrave as Boarder (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
• Jackamoe Buzzell as Boarder (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
• Ethan Dubin as Matt (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

Crew

• Ethan Coen — Producer
• Joel Coen — Director
• Joel Coen — Producer
• Ethan Coen — Director
• Megan Ellison — Producer
• Carter Burwell — Original Music Composer
• Bruno Delbonnel — Director of Photography
• Sue Naegle — Producer
• Ethan Coen — Writer
• Joel Coen — Writer

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