10 Movie Characters Everyone Was CONVINCED Would Die (But Didn't)

Though obviously anybody who'd read Cormac McCarthy's source material knew that ruthless hitman Anton Chigurh survived the story, those new to No Country for Old Men's story surely expected him to get his comeuppance at the end.

Given the movie's neo-Western vibes, what could be more fitting than the grizzled gunslinger, Llewellyn Moss (Josh Brolin), triumphing over his assailant in the climax?

But instead, Moss is killed by a third party before the finale - off-screen, no less - at which point the audience is led to believe that aged, in-over-his-head Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) will reluctantly step up to put Chigurh down.

This doesn't happen either - Bell appreciates he's outfoxed by Chigurh and quietly transitions into retirement, effectively giving up the case.

And even when it seems like karma might catch up with Chigurh when he's involved in a gnarly car accident at film's end, he again survives, albeit with some considerable injuries.