Overview
In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.
Cast
- Jack Black as Bernie Tiede
- Shirley MacLaine as Marjorie Nugent
- Matthew McConaughey as Danny Buck Davidson
- Brady Coleman as Scrappy Holmes
- Richard Robichaux as Lloyd Hornbuckle
- Rick Dial as Don Leggett
- Brandon Smith as Sheriff Huckabee
- Larry Jack Dotson as Rev. Woodard
- Merrilee McCommas as Molly
- Mathew Greer as Carl