Miller's Crossing
Crime, Drama, Thriller
20th Century Fox  (1990) 115 mins TV-MA

8.0 (34,991 votes)
A Coen Brothers Film

Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen (Barton Fink, Fargo) create a complex and graphic vision of gangsterism set during Prohibition and featuring a riveting rouges' gallery of killers and con men.

Leo (Albert Finney), a likeable Irish gangster boss, rules an Eastern city along with Tom (Gabriel Byrne), his trusted lieutenant and counselor. But just as their authority is challenged by an Italian underboss (J.E. Freeman), Leo and Tom also fall for the same woman. Tom, caught in the jaws of a gangland power struggle, walks a deadly tightrope as he tries to control and manipulate its violent outcomes....

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Cast and Crew
Gabriel Byrne  ......  Tom Reagan
Marcia Gay Harden  ......  Verna
John Turturro  ......  Bernie Bernbaum
Jon Polito  ......  Johnny Caspar
J.E. Freeman  ......  Eddie Dane
Albert Finney  ......  Leo
Director  .....  Joel Coen; Ethan Coen
Producer  .....  Ethan Coen; Joel Coen
Writer  .....  Joel Coen; Ethan Coen
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: When Tom is picked up by TicTac and The Dane before they go looking for the body in the woods the street changes between shots - a black car appears beneath the High & Sons sign in one shot then disappears when TicTac swerves his car onto the pavement (more)

Trivia:
Cameo: [Sam Raimi]Gunman with two pistols during the Sons of Erin Club gunfight. (more)

Filming Locations:
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Quotes:
Verna: What you doing?
Tom Reagan: Walking...
Verna: Don't let on any more than you have to.
Tom Reagan: ...in the rain.
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Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations (more)