The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Stories live forever. People don't.

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.

Western Comedy Drama

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))