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No Country for Old Men
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Anton Chigurh, played by Javier Bardem, holds a captive bolt pistol to a motorist's forehead in a tense roadside scene from No Country for Old Men. Llewelyn Moss, played by Josh Brolin, kneels beside a briefcase filled with cash under a tree, while an injured man leans against the trunk in a desert landscape in No Country for Old Men. Tommy Lee Jones as Sheriff Ed Tom Bell crouches to inspect the ground at a crime scene in a desert landscape, with a horse and a vehicle in the background. Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men walks beside a police car, holding a captive bolt pistol and air tank, wearing a black jacket and brown shirt.
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Article Contributors

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  • Frannie Comstock
    Frannie Comstock is a writer based in Chicago.

Other Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors

  • Arpit Nayak

Article History

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Oct 25, 2026
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