2007
Llewelyn Moss absconds with drug money, attracting Anton Chigurh, a psychopathic hitman who relentlessly pursues him across Texas. Sheriff Ed Tom Bell investigates the escalating violence, struggling to comprehend Chigurh's brutality as Moss repeatedly evades capture. Moss is ultimately killed by other criminals, and after confronting Carla Jean, Chigurh is involved in a severe car accident but escapes. Sheriff Bell, disillusioned by the pervasive violence, retires and recounts two dreams, symbolizing his struggle to find peace in a changing world.
Save the Cat beat sheet
Sheriff Bell reflects on changing crime in the West as a ruthless killer, Anton Chigurh, begins a violent spree.
Open full beat sheetLlewelyn Moss is listed as Protagonist. A welder and Vietnam veteran who finds a large sum of money at a drug deal gone wrong. In the parsed data, Llewelyn Moss is connected to 34 scenes, 32 dialogue lines, 32 text mentions, first appearing around scene 8.
34 scenes / 32 dialogue linesAnton Chigurh is listed as Antagonist. A psychopathic hitman with a unique weapon and a rigid, twisted moral code. In the parsed data, Anton Chigurh is connected to 27 scenes, 37 dialogue lines, 37 text mentions, first appearing around scene 7.
27 scenes / 37 dialogue linesEd Tom Bell is listed as Protagonist. An aging, weary sheriff struggling to understand the changing nature of crime. In the parsed data, Ed Tom Bell is connected to 21 scenes, 16 dialogue lines, 16 text mentions, first appearing around scene 1.
21 scenes / 16 dialogue linesCarla Jean Moss is listed as Supporting. Llewelyn Moss's wife. In the parsed data, Carla Jean Moss is connected to 14 scenes, 16 dialogue lines, 16 text mentions, first appearing around scene 13.
14 scenes / 16 dialogue linesWendell is listed as Supporting. Sheriff Bell's deputy. In the parsed data, Wendell is connected to 8 scenes, 3 dialogue lines, 3 text mentions, first appearing around scene 4.
8 scenes / 3 dialogue linesCarson Wells is listed as Supporting. A bounty hunter hired to retrieve the money and stop Chigurh. In the parsed data, Carson Wells is connected to 5 scenes, 4 dialogue lines, 4 text mentions, first appearing around scene 53.
5 scenes / 4 dialogue linesLoretta Bell is listed as Supporting. Sheriff Bell's wife. In the parsed data, Loretta Bell is connected to 2 scenes, first appearing around scene 27.
2 scenes / 0 dialogue linesEllis is listed as Supporting. An old, disabled man and former lawman, friend to Sheriff Bell. In the parsed data, Ellis is connected to 1 scene, 1 dialogue line, 1 text mention, first appearing around scene 80.
1 scenes / 1 dialogue linesSheriff Bell provides a voice-over reflection on his family's history as lawmen and the changing nature of crime.
Ed Tom BellSheriff Bell continues his reflection on old-time sheriffs and a specific case involving a young killer.
Ed Tom BellA deputy arrests Anton Chigurh, who is carrying a strange oxygen tank.
Anton Chigurh, WendellChigurh kills the deputy in the sheriff's office.
Anton Chigurh, WendellChigurh washes the blood off his wrists.
Anton ChigurhChigurh retrieves his oxygen tank.
Anton ChigurhChigurh kills a motorist on the road.
Anton ChigurhLlewelyn Moss hunts antelope and discovers a drug deal gone wrong.
Llewelyn MossMoss investigates the crime scene and finds a dying man.
Llewelyn MossMoss finds the final man dead and discovers a case full of money.
Llewelyn MossMoss returns to his truck with the money.
Llewelyn MossMoss hides the money and gun under his trailer.
Llewelyn MossMoss and Carla Jean argue about the money and the gun.
Llewelyn Moss, Carla Jean MossMoss decides to return to the crime scene.
Llewelyn Moss, Carla Jean MossMoss tells Carla Jean he is going back to the scene.
Llewelyn Moss, Carla Jean MossMoss returns to the basin.
Llewelyn MossMoss is ambushed by the men at the crime scene.
Llewelyn MossMoss escapes into the river.
Llewelyn MossMoss kills the pursuing dog.
Llewelyn MossMoss tends to his wounds.
Llewelyn MossChigurh intimidates the gas station proprietor.
Anton ChigurhChigurh forces the proprietor of a store to play a coin toss game for his life.
Anton ChigurhMoss returns to his trailer to find Carla Jean.
Llewelyn Moss, Carla Jean MossMoss tells Carla Jean to leave for her mother's in Odessa.
Llewelyn Moss, Carla Jean MossChigurh and his associates arrive at the scene of the drug deal.
Anton ChigurhChigurh executes his associates after finding the transponder.
Anton ChigurhSheriff Bell prepares to leave for the crime scene.
Ed Tom Bell, Loretta BellBell and Wendell inspect the burned car.
Ed Tom Bell, WendellBell and Wendell investigate the crime scene at the truck.
Ed Tom Bell, WendellChigurh breaks into Moss' trailer.
Anton ChigurhChigurh asks the office manager for Moss' location.
Anton ChigurhMoss says goodbye to Carla Jean.
Llewelyn Moss, Carla Jean MossBell and Wendell arrive at the trailer.
Ed Tom Bell, WendellBell and Wendell realize they just missed Chigurh.
Ed Tom Bell, WendellMoss takes a cab to a motel.
Llewelyn MossMoss checks into a motel.
Llewelyn MossMoss hides the money in the air duct.
Llewelyn MossChigurh calls Moss' home.
Anton ChigurhMoss buys supplies.
Llewelyn MossMoss treats his wounds.
Llewelyn MossMoss buys boots.
Llewelyn MossMoss sees a suspicious truck at the motel.
Llewelyn MossChigurh drives toward Del Rio.
Anton ChigurhChigurh shoots a bird from his truck.
Anton ChigurhBell and Wendell discuss the crime scene.
Ed Tom Bell, WendellMoss buys a shotgun.
Llewelyn MossMoss saws off the shotgun barrel.
Llewelyn MossMoss asks for another room.
Llewelyn MossChigurh enters a motel room, searches it, and prepares his weapons while Moss prepares a tool to retrieve the money case from the airduct.
Anton Chigurh, Llewelyn MossChigurh tracks down and kills the men in Moss's original motel room.
Anton ChigurhChigurh finishes off the survivor and discovers the airduct.
Anton ChigurhMoss hitches a ride with an elderly man.
Llewelyn MossCarson Wells is hired to find Chigurh.
Carson WellsChigurh arrives at a Wal-Mart parking lot, retrieves supplies, and tends to his leg wound.
Anton ChigurhChigurh sabotages a pharmacy with an explosive device and loots medical supplies.
Anton ChigurhChigurh cleans and treats his leg wound.
Anton ChigurhSheriff Bell discusses the ongoing investigation with his secretary, Molly.
Ed Tom BellSheriff Bell pulls over a truck carrying corpses.
Ed Tom BellCarson Wells visits Llewelyn Moss in the hospital.
Llewelyn Moss, Carson WellsSheriff Bell meets with Carla Jean Moss.
Ed Tom Bell, Carla Jean MossCarson Wells scouts the river.
Carson WellsChigurh confronts and kills Carson Wells.
Anton Chigurh, Carson WellsSheriff Bell discusses the state of the world with Wendell.
Ed Tom Bell, WendellMoss crosses the border.
Llewelyn MossMoss buys clothes.
Llewelyn MossMoss calls Carla Jean.
Llewelyn Moss, Carla Jean MossChigurh kills the man who hired Wells.
Anton ChigurhCarla Jean and her mother ride in a cab.
Carla Jean MossCarla Jean and her mother are in a cab heading to El Paso, with the mother complaining about her life and situation.
Carla Jean MossCarla Jean and her mother arrive at the bus station; a Mexican man offers to help with their bags.
Carla Jean Moss, Carson WellsCarla Jean calls Sheriff Bell to ask for his help in finding Llewelyn.
Carla Jean Moss, Ed Tom BellChigurh stops a man in an El Camino to ask for directions to an airport.
Anton ChigurhChigurh cleans his vehicle at a self-service car wash.
Anton ChigurhMoss is at a motel in El Paso and encounters a woman by the pool.
Llewelyn MossSheriff Bell hears gunfire and rushes to the motel.
Ed Tom BellSheriff Bell arrives at the motel to find a crime scene and discovers Moss dead.
Ed Tom Bell, Llewelyn MossSheriff Bell views the body of the woman killed at the motel.
Ed Tom BellSheriff Bell and Roscoe discuss the nature of the violence and the changing world.
Ed Tom BellSheriff Bell returns to the motel and enters the room where Moss was killed.
Ed Tom Bell, Anton ChigurhSheriff Bell visits Ellis to discuss his retirement and the nature of evil.
Ed Tom Bell, EllisI always liked to hear about the old-timers. Never missed a chance to do so. Nigger Hoskins over in Bastrop County knowed everbody's phone number off by heart. You can't help but compare yourself against the old-timers. Can't help but wonder how they would've operated these times. There was this boy I sent to the gas chamber at Huntsville here a while back. My arrest and my testimony. He killed a fourteen-year-old girl. Papers said it was a crime of passion but he told me there wasn't any passion to it.
Yessir, just walked in the door. Sheriff he had some sort of a thing on him like one of them oxygen tanks for emphysema or somethin'. And a hose from it run down his sleeve...
If I tell you where Llewelyn's headed, you promise it'll be just you goes and talks with him -- you and nobody else?
Meet me at the Heart of Texas motel in El Paso. I'm gonna give you the money and put you on a plane.
You need to call it. I can't call it for you. It wouldn't be fair. It wouldn't even be right.
The crime you see now, it's hard to even take its measure. It's not that I'm afraid of it.
I used to think I could at least some way put things right. I don't feel that way no more.
...More than that, I don't want to know. A man would have to put his soul at hazard.
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