A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.

Greg Kinnear
as Mickey Prohaska

Alan Arkin
as Gorvy Hauer

Billy Crudup
as Randy

David Harbour
as Bob Egan

Michelle Arthur
as Karla Gruenka

Peter Thoemke
as Frank Richie

James Michael Detmar
as Glen Vanderhoevel

Lea Thompson
as Jo Ann Prohaska

Bob Balaban
as Leonard Dahl

John Paul Gamoke
as Man at Coffee Shop