

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs(2018)
"Stories live forever. People don't"
Overview
Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.
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Tim Blake Nelson
Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

Willie Watson
The Kid (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

Clancy Brown
Curly Joe (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

Danny McCarthy
Curly Joe's Brother (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

David Krumholtz
Frenchman (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
Thomas Wingate
Gun Check Man (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

Tim DeZarn
Mean-Eyed Card Player (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

E.E. Bell
Piano Player (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

Alejandro Patiño
Cantina Bartender (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

Tom Proctor
Cantina Bad Man (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
Clinton Roberts
Cantina Scum (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

Matthew Willig
Cantina Scum (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
Jesse Youngblood
Cantina Scum (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

J.J. Dashnaw
Cantina Scum (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

James Franco
Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")

Stephen Root
Teller (segment "Near Algodones")

Ralph Ineson
Posse Leader (segment "Near Algodones")

Mike Watson
Posse (segment "Near Algodones")

Brian Brown
Posse (segment "Near Algodones")

Ryan Brown
Posse (segment "Near Algodones")
Richard Bucher
Posse (segment "Near Algodones")

Jesse Luken
Drover (segment "Near Algodones")

Michael Cullen
Judge (segment "Near Algodones")

Austin Rising
Bailiff (segment "Near Algodones")
James 'Scotty' Augare
Comanche Chief (segment "Near Algodones")

Liam Neeson
Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")

Harry Melling
Artist (segment "Meal Ticket")

Jiji Hise
The Bawd (segment "Meal Ticket")

Paul Rae
Chicken Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")

Tom Waits
Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon")

Sam Dillon
Young Man (segment "All Gold Canyon")

Bill Heck
Billy Knapp (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

Zoe Kazan
Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

Grainger Hines
Mr. Arthur (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

Jefferson Mays
Gilbert Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
Prudence Wright Holmes
Boarding House Landlady (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

Eric Petersen
Boarder (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

Doris Hargrave
Boarder (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
Jackamoe Buzzell
Boarder (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

Ethan Dubin
Matt (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
Jordy Laucomer
Whipped Boy (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
Thea Lux
His Mother (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
Bret Hughson
His Father (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
Rod Rondeaux
Sioux Chief (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

Raymond Kurshals
Puppet Dancer (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

Jonjo O'Neill
Englishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")

Brendan Gleeson
Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")

Saul Rubinek
Frenchman (segment "The Mortal Remains")

Tyne Daly
Lady (segment "The Mortal Remains")

Chelcie Ross
Trapper (segment "The Mortal Remains")

Martin Palmer
Blubberer (segment "Near Algodones") (uncredited)

Billy Lockwood
Father (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") (uncredited)
Stephen R. Estler
Gambler (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") (uncredited)
Grace LeSueur
Pretty Girl at Gallows (segment "Near Algodones") (uncredited)

Bill Foster
Saloon Man (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") (uncredited)
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