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A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.


“It is preferable not to travel with a dead man.”
On the run after committing murder, an accountant encounters a strange Native American man who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.

Johnny Depp
William Blake

Gary Farmer
Nobody

Crispin Glover
Train Fireman

Lance Henriksen
Cole Wilson

Michael Wincott
Conway Twill

Eugene Byrd
Johnny 'The Kid' Pickett

John Hurt
John Scholfield

Robert Mitchum
John Dickinson

Iggy Pop
Salvatore 'Sally' Jenko

Gabriel Byrne
Charlie Dickinson
Dead Man is a drama, fantasy, western film released in 1995 exploring themes of dying and death, sheriff, bounty hunter, gun, indigenous, attempted murder. Directed by Jim Jarmusch, it stars Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover. On the run after committing murder, an accountant encounters a strange Native American man who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
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